by Associated Press Published: April 30,2012
Tags: bills, executive, exporters, exporting, exports, governor, importers, importing, imports, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, ports, shipping, ships, state government, trade, transportation
GULFPORT — Legislation that removes the Port of Gulfport and its $570 million post-Hurricane Katrina expansion and renovation from state government oversight has been signed by the governor. House Bill 1091 took effect with Gov. Phil Bryant’s signature this past week. The bill exempts the Port of Gulfport from state-agency bidding and purchasing oversight [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 27,2012
Tags: benxch, courts, executive, governor, judges, judicial, judiciary, law, law enforcement, lawsuit, state government, state law, traffic cameras, transportation, travel
JACKSON — An Arizona company is challenging a 2009 Mississippi law that bans cameras that snap pictures of vehicles running red lights. The Clarion-Ledger reports American Traffic Solutions wants the law declared unenforceable and is seeking unspecified damages in a lawsuit filed in Hinds County Circuit Court against the state and Gov. Phil Bryant. The [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: April 27,2012
Tags: elections, executive, governor, legislation, legislators, Legislature, Politics, voter identification, voters, votes, Voting
JACKSON — A Mississippi voter ID bill is headed to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who has said he supports it as a way to protect the integrity of elections. The final version of the bill passed the Republican controlled House 79-39 yesterday, with strong opposition from black representatives. It would require voters to show a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2012
Tags: bills, doctors, executive, governor, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, medical, medicine, physicines, state government
JACKSON — A new Mississippi law aims to bring more physicians to the state. House Bill 317 was signed into law by Gov. Phil Bryant yesterday. The law creates the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce within the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The legislation also creates an advisory board to oversee the new office. Office [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2012
Tags: alcohol, bills, dry, executive, governor, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, liquor, municipal government, sales, state government, state law, wet
JACKSON — The governor has signed a bill that would allow a vote on legalizing liquor sales inside the limits of cities with populations of at least 5,000 people. Under Senate Bill 2497 other residents of the county would not have a vote. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Gov. Phil Bryant signed the bill [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant yesterday announced the creation of the “Mississippi Works” committee, a group tasked with spurring long-term economic development through new and established industries, from health care to energy. Bryant announced the initiative to a crowd of hundreds who gathered at the Jackson Convention Center for the 63rd annual meeting of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2012
Tags: community development, compensation, economic development, executive, governor, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, private sector, public sector, salary, state agency, state government
JACKSON — Private donors could again boost the salary of Mississippi’s state economic development director, under a plan that House members sent to Gov. Phil Bryant today. The House agreed to changes that the Senate made in House Bill 1349, allowing donations to increase pay to the chief of the Mississippi Development Authority. Right now, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 10,2012
Tags: bill, colleges, costs, education, executive, governor, higher education, law, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, out of state, state government, state law, tuition, universities
JACKSON — The flexibility of a new law that will allow universities to waive out of state tuition will let each school structure a plan conducive to its needs, according to high education leaders. Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds tells the Clarion-Ledger the law will particularly help Delta State University in Cleveland and Mississippi University [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 10,2012
Tags: bill, cell phones, deregulation, executive, governor, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, phones, state government, telecommunications, telephones
JACKSON — Mississippi would lose most of its remaining regulatory authority over AT&T under a bill the House gave final passage Monday. Telephone service in Mississippi was mostly deregulated in 2006, ending the Public Service Commission’s traditional power to set rates. House Bill 825 would remove the commission’s remaining ratemaking authority over 30,000 local-only landlines. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2012
Tags: abortion, anti-abortion, babies, bills, births, doctors, executive, governor, health, health care, lawmakers, laws, legislative, legislators, Legislature, medicine, physicians, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that would require any doctor performing abortions to be a board-certified OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital. Senators passed the bill today, but it was held for the possibility of more debate. It passed the House on March 13. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says he [...] [...]
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