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 5,2012
Tags: bills, community development, compensation, economic development, executive director, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, pay, private sector, public sector, salary, state agency, state government
JACKSON — The Senate has passed a bill to allow the director of the Mississippi Development Authority to be paid with money raised from private entities. The bill does not cap the MDA director’s salary. If the salary exceeds 150 percent of the governor’s salary, only the portion below that amount would be paid with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: compensation, electricity, energy, managers, pay, power, power distribution, power generation, salary, utilities
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Top managers at the Tennessee Valley Authority now make more than members of Congress, who are paid $174,000 annually. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports TVA is paying out nearly $30 million a year more for 155 of its top leaders since Congress removed salary limits at the federal utility in 2004. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 19,2012
Tags: audit, mayor, misappropriation, municipal government, pay, salary, SCANDAL, stipend, taxes, taxpayers
SOUTHAVEN — A $145,000 annual salary already makes Southaven Mayor Greg Davis one of the highest-paid public officials in Mississippi. But the city also has been paying the mayor a little-known $35,000-a-year stipend for supervising water and sewer operations. The Commercial Appeals reports Mayor Pro Tem Greg Guy moved swiftly yesterday to ax that stipend [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — A federal judge has again denied a petition from Washington County tax collector Patricia Lee, who is trying to get back pay for a period when she was under suspension. The Delta Democrat Times reports Lee had asked U.S. District Judge Michael Mills to reconsider his ruling in June that the county was [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — The U.S. Department of Labor says International Security Management Group will pay more than $282,000 in back wages to 46 security employees at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. Labor Department officials say in a news release that the agreement was reached after an investigation showed the company had failed to [...] [...]
After the salary of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership’s president and CEO was recently published, the organization’s compensation committee members have made it known they believe their leader is “worth every penny” of his nearly $380,000 salary. Committee member Walter S. Weems said he acknowledges that CEO Duane O’Neill’s compensation is “a significant number,” but [...] [...]
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