by MBJ Staff Published: May 25,2012
Tags: Brent Chistensen, dan mullen, HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi State University, Ole Miss, Pine Belt, University of Florida
Last time the State of Mississippi went to Gainesville, Fla., to fill a job, it scored a winner in Dan Mullen, whom Mississippi State University lured away from the University of Florida football coaching staff to be head Bulldog in Starkville. Consecutive wins over Ole Miss and a pair of bowl victories have the folks [...] [...]
District 28 belonged for many years to “the Chairman” Charlie Capps, a Democrat in name who often voted with Republicans. Certainly he put his district’s interests above party. David Norquist held the seat for a term and a half after Chairman Charlie. While Norquist was more than a Democrat in name, he, too, often crossed [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 15,2012
Tags: Capitol Street Associates, Clinton Mississippi, Cushman & Wakefield, Democrat, Department of Finance and Administration, Gov. Haley Barbour, House of Representatives, Jackson Mississippi, Kevin Upchurch, Landmark Center, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Philip Gunn, Sen. David Blount, Tom Weathersby
Sticking it to your neighbor can be a gratifying exercise for some Mississippi legislators — especially when they aren’t personally writing the checks that cover the cost of the sticking. Which brings us to the sticking leaders of the Mississippi House of Representatives gave Jackson and the state’s taxpayers on April 3, the last day [...] [...]
Every year, the IRS enacts certain changes to the tax code; some large — but most fairly small. There are those situations, however, where some changes to the tax code don’t receive as much notice as they should. This year is no exception. Here is a rundown of what may affect some taxpayers this year. [...] [...]
A few weeks ago we marked the second anniversary of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the comprehensive health care legislation that has come to be called “Obamacare.” This label was intended as derogatory by the Republicans, but has now been embraced by the President’s re-election campaign as a badge of honor. Coinciding with this [...] [...]
I don’t like guns. My father had an old shotgun he kept in the closet, unloaded of course. He was a country boy who never took to hunting, so I had no experience with firearms and the sport surrounding their use. Two husbands, no hunters. When I married Ken, he had a small handgun. He [...] [...]
It was sort of like the occasional total eclipse of the sun, an event that occurs only rarely and when it does everyone makes it a point to watch because it will be a while before it happens again. Of course I am referring to the Republican Presidential primary that played out in Mississippi during [...] [...]
Preliminary talk coming out of Washington, D.C., has it that the wealthiest of U.S. taxpayers could be hit hard if the tax proposals in President Obama’s 2013 federal budget become law. Then again, there is always wiggle-room for this being softened by eventual bipartisan compromise. Even so, as currently proposed, it would impact the wealthiest [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Democrat, Dolphus Weary, Gov. Phil Bryant, Jackson Mississippi, Johnny Dupree, Mission Mississippi, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Racism, Red Tails, republican
Gov. Phil Bryant was quick to lay blame at the feet of the national and statewide media for Mississippi’s poor race-relations image at the recent Mission Mississippi Governor’s Prayer Luncheon. Bryant said that the national media must have been champing at the bit to see if he, a white Republican, and Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, [...] [...]
Cleaning up from Christmas is a ritual that can last for several days as the kids — and parents — play with their new toys in the living room before finally finding them a permanent home. With that, we will stop saying Merry Christmas and begin to look forward with the greeting of “Happy New [...] [...]
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