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New study on prolonged sitting puts focus on employers
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine implicating sedentary behavior for causing premature death might put more pressure on government and business to allow employees more time for standing up. The study of some 200,000 Australians age 45 and older showed that those who sat more than 11 hours a day had a [...]
Continue reading...Greenwood becomes first Mississippi Delta city to pass Complete Streets Policy
30. March 2012
GREENWOOD – In a special meeting on March 29, 2012, the Greenwood City Council passed a resolution to adopt a complete streets policy for the City of Greenwood. The adoption of a complete streets policy was a recommendation made in the Greenwood Comprehensive Plan that was adopted by the City Council in October 2010. The [...]
Continue reading...Ms. House OKs vaginal probes for women seeking abortions
15. March 2012
The majority of Mississippi House members want to extend the reach of government into the bodies of women who seek abortions in the state. A bill passed out of the Republican-controlled House on a 78-36 vote Wednesday night requires women to undergo a vaginal ultrasound probe before receiving an abortion. No exception is made for [...]
Continue reading...PERS bills strike certain benefits from retirement salary calculations
8. March 2012
A pair of identical Mississippi House and Senate bills that tinker with compensation calculations for public employee retirement purposes survived last Tuesday’s cutoff for advancing out of committees. Legislators held off this year tackling major reforms to the Public Employees Retirement System suggested by former Gov. Haley Barbour’s 12-member study commission. Barbour created the commission [...]
Continue reading...Feds want to make ‘pink slime’ meat school lunch mainstay
8. March 2012
Add “pink slime” meat to the school lunch menu offerings from the folks who wanted to classify catchup as a vegetable on school menus. In a story Thursday headlined “Partners in Slime,” The Daily reports that the government is buying pink-slime looking ammonia-treated beef scraps by the tons for school lunches. Here’s the story.
Continue reading...MEC hosts ‘A Capital Day’ for business community
5. January 2012
Speakers address energy, education and health JACKSON – Members of the business community gathered at the Marriott hotel in Jackson today to hear Gov.-elect Phil Bryant’s agenda for economic development and the details of Blueprint Mississippi, a report on improving the state’s economic health that is sponsored by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) and other [...]
Continue reading...RETIREMENT VERDICT — Study panel says report is prescription for sustaining state public workers’ retirement
15. December 2011
The strategy is to structure benefits consistent with a policy that encourages workers to stay on the job until age 62 “All the cards are on the table face up.” So went the pronouncement of Gov. Haley Barbour last week in detailing a 40-page report that calls for saving over $100 million annually in taxpayer [...]
Continue reading...UMMC/HMA hospital alliance could help educationally, financially 
11. December 2011
Partnership between state’s academic medical center and for-profit hospital group could help keep more paying patients in state In response to rising healthcare costs and the uncertainty of federal healthcare reform, health care providers nationwide are consolidating, and academic medical centers and for-profit hospitals are entering into partnership agreements. The University of Mississippi Medical Center [...]
Continue reading...Cities realize hike-bike trails good for local economy
4. December 2011
>> MDOT awards $3 million for metro area improvements Cities are realizing that hike and bike trails are not only important for citizens’ quality of life but are also a powerful economic development tools. Recently, the cities of Jackson, Ridgeland and Flowood received a collective total of $3.1 million for pedestrian trail enhancements awarded through [...]
Continue reading...Personhood continues to show disconnect from reality
23. November 2011
The supporters of the personhood initiative that failed during the last General Election are pointing to a new post-vote poll that they say shows clearly why personhood was defeated. But, maybe their interpretation of the poll is more telling about why the anti-abortion effort lost and just how disconnected at least of its supporters seem [...]
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