Mississippi Business Journal » Warren Strain http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 For Jackson’s arena hopes, a Golden standard http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/17/for-jackson%e2%80%99s-arena-hopes-a-golden-standard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-jackson%25e2%2580%2599s-arena-hopes-a-golden-standard http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/17/for-jackson%e2%80%99s-arena-hopes-a-golden-standard/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:00:18 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=39943 City of Jackson officials have received three proposals from firms interested in performing planning and design studies for a possible downtown arena, and Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.’s spokesperson says interviews are being set up with the hopes of a selection being made soon. “We hope to have that happen in short order,” Christopher Mims wrote [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/who%e2%80%99s-lucky-here/feed/ 0 Coalition: No public money for casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/coalition-no-public-money-for-casino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coalition-no-public-money-for-casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/coalition-no-public-money-for-casino/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:51 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=33285 Group says Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians must pay for infrastructure improvements The Coalition for Family and Community Values in Jones County has opposed from the beginning plans by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to build a slot-machine casino in Sandersville. With that battle seemingly lost — the MBCI is expected to open the [...]

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