JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood is steamed because a state House committee wouldn’t let him testify on a bill that would cut his authority.
Under the bill, any state agency would be able to hire its own lawyer without Hood’s approval.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 13-10 today to approve the bill, setting it up for [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 31,2012
Tags: attorney general, convicts, corrections, governor, inmates, jails, last-minute pardons, media, pardons, Politics, prisons, state government, state law, trustees
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has issued a statement denying former Gov. Haley Barbour’s allegation that one of the Attorney General’s Office staff members did not publicize Barbour’s last-minute pardons for former Governor’s Mansion trustees as called for by state law.
Hood wrote: “It is unfortunate that former Gov. Barbour has made some misrepresentations about [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2011
Tags: businesses, disaster, disaster preparedness, federal government, flood insurance, flooding, floodplain, floodplain codes, floods, homeowners, homes, municipal government, natural disaster, rains, severe weather, state law, Weather
PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula officials are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood Insurance Program.
City attorney Eddie Williams tells the Mississippi Press the change is required because the state’s exemption on such properties from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2011
Tags: elections, federal government, Politics, state government, state law, voter fraud, voter identification, voters, votes, Voting
JACKSON — Mississippi officials are confident the state’s new voter ID constitutional amendment will pass muster despite the Justice Department’s rejection of a similar South Carolina law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.
“The Supreme Court has ruled that voter ID is constitutional and we believe that Mississippi’s plan for implementing voter ID [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 8,2011
Tags: academics, administrators, Congress, education, elementary education, public schools, school districts, schools, secondary education, state government, state law, students, teachers
JACKSON — Mississippi State Superintendent Tom Burnham said yesterday he would propose a law to allow the state to either forcibly merge or require new elections in failing school districts, because the current reform system does not work.
“We will bring forward legislation this year to end conservatorship,” Burnham said at an orientation for newly elected [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has ordered BLC Management, LLC, d/b/a Angles Communication Solutions, to respond within 20 days to allegations that the company has violated numerous state statutes and PSC rules, including failure to file sufficient annual reports and failure to file requests of change of control of the company.
Commissioner Brandon Presley [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has fined Maxim Media Marketing Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Sonkei Communications Inc. of American Fork, Utah, a total of $220,000 for violations of the Mississippi “No-Call” law and rules associated with enforcing the law.
Commissioner Brandon Presley (D-Nettleton) said both companies violated the “No-Call” law by failing to [...] [...]
JACKSON — The State Legislature implemented a new law requiring Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) to file an annual report with the Secretary of State’s Office or face administrative dissolution.
This is the first year LLCs are required to file an annual report with the Agency.
“The annual report provides much-needed transparency in who and what is conducting [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — The office of State Auditor Stacey Pickering and the state College Board are looking into whether the University of Southern Mississippi violated state law in the purchase and distribution of 700 tablets in July and August as part of a pilot program.
Auditor’s office spokeswoman Lisa Shoemaker told the Hattiesburg American College Board officials [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2011
Tags: courts, economic damages, judicial, judiciary, law, lawsuits, non-economic damages, state law, tort, tort reform
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked attorneys for more information as it considers whether the state’s limitation on damages in civil cases is constitutional.
In an order last month, the court asked attorneys for Sears, Roebuck and Co., and for plaintiff Lisa Learmonth to explain why a Mississippi jury failed to distinguish between non-economic [...] [...]
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