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Cartoon – December 26, 2011

by Ricky Nobile Published: December 25,2011

Tags: college funding, governor, Haley Barbour, Internet sales tax, P.E.R.S changes, Phil Bryant

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Barbour budget proposes education consolidation

by Associated Press Published: December 20,2011

Tags: agriculture, banking and finance, construction, disaster recovery, economic development, education, employment, energy, environment, Gov. Phil Bryant, Haley Barbour, healthcare, higher education, Legislature, manufacturing, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, republican, state government, tourism, transportation, Weather

Republican Gov. Haley Barbour calls for reducing the number of school districts and merging some universities, reviving many of his past recommendations in his final Mississippi budget proposal. He also suggests spending the $97.4 million remaining in a health care trust fund that was created before he took office. Barbour released his nearly $5.5 billion [...] [...]

Receipts show spending at gay sex shops by Southaven mayor

by Associated Press Published: December 16,2011

Tags: audit, DeSoto County, education, FBI, federal government, Greg Davis, Haley Barbour, investigation, Leland Speed, manufacturing, misappropriation, Mississippi Development Authority, municipal government, Phil Bryant, Politics, Stacey Pickering, taxes, taxpayers

Receipts show Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a family-values platform, charged the city $67 for a purchase at a gay sex shop in Canada. The Mississippi auditor on Nov. 2 demanded Davis pay back more than $170,000 for personal expenses billed to taxpayers. There are no [...] [...]

Will Mississippi’s Twin Creeks go the way of Solyndra?

by Amy McCullough Published: November 13,2011

Tags: green, Haley Barbour, President Obama, Solyndra, Twin Creeks

>> OBAMA AND BARBOUR HAVE BET ON GREEN ENERGY WINNERS AND LOSERS. Since its declaration of bankruptcy and subsequent FBI raid in early September, solar manufacturing company Solyndra has stayed in the national news, and President Obama has come under fire from Republicans with allegations of crony capitalism. This month the White House refused to [...] [...]

Cartoons – November 14, 2011

by Ricky Nobile Published: November 13,2011

Tags: cagle cartoons, Haley Barbour, Phil Bryant, ricky nobile

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MSU’s Shaw targets January for CottonMill Marketplace construction

by MBJ Staff Published: October 21,2011

Tags: Burger King, Clay Chandler, Columbus, CottonMill Marketplace, E.E. Cooley Building, Haley Barbour, January, John Arthur Eaves, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, STARKVILLE

The $70-million CottonMill Marketplace mixed-use development in Starkville looks like it could begin in January, according to a story in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch this morning. The two phases of the project will total about $120 million, according to Mississippi Business Journal reporter Clay Chandler. The first phase will include the renovation of the old [...] [...]

Downtown donations part of Pascagoula makeover

by Associated Press Published: October 21,2011

Tags: Haley Barbour, Harry Schmidt, Heidelberg Steinberger Colmer & Burrow, Karl Steinberger, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Parker Jewelry, Parsley's Barber Shop, Pascagoula, Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority, Phil Bryant, Redevelopment Authority

PASCAGOULA — The donation of two downtown Pascagoula buildings to the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority could boost efforts to revitalize that Gulf Coast city’s downtown area. The Heidelberg Steinberger Colmer & Burrow law firm donated the former Parker Jewelry and Parsley’s Barber Shop buildings to the Redevelopment Authority on Thursday. The authority will market the properties [...] [...]

State casino revenue drops $6 million in September

by Associated Press Published: October 21,2011

Tags: Beau Rivage, casinos, gulf of mexico, Haley Barbour, Lady Gaga, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Revenue, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi River, September

September was a down month at Coast casinos. The year started with slow but steady growth. Revenue increased in five of the first seven months, and despite slipping in August and September, remains $5.8 million ahead of last year’s pace. August’s $10 million drop in gross casino revenue was followed by a $6 million decrease [...] [...]

Man pleads guilty to stealing $100,000 from MDA

by Associated Press Published: October 21,2011

Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Haley Barbour, Hurricane Katrina, Lady Gaga, Louisiana, Mississippi Development Authority, New Orleans, Steve Jobs, U.S. Small Business Association

NEW ORLEANS — A Harahan, La., man has pleaded guilty to stealing government funds. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Vernon Ponder pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon. Letten says Ponder applied to the Mississippi Development Authority and to the U.S. Small Business Association for money to repair his vacation home [...] [...]