by MBJ Staff Published: March 30,2012
Tags: beds, certificate of need, construction, expansion, health, health care, hospitals, medicine, Psychiatry, state agency, state law
JACKSON — Jackson HMA, LLC (d/b/a Central Mississippi Medical Center) has received certificate of need (CON) authority for the expansion of its adult psychiatric unit bed capacity from 29 to 47 beds. The proposed project will include the renovation of 8.405 square feet on the 6th floor of the hospital. The total capital expenditure for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 30,2012
Tags: babies, beds, certificate of need, children, expansion, health, health care, hospitals, intensive care, medicine, neonatal, state agency, state law
GULFPORT and PASCAGOULA — The Mississippi State Department of Health has found there is a need to expand the neonatal intensive-care unit at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport and add eight beds at Singing River Health System in Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports certificate of need (CON) applications were approved yesterday and work on both projects [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2012
Tags: bill, inventory, Inventory tax, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, manufacturers, small businesses, state government, state law, tax collections, taxes
JACKSON — Businesses that pay inventory tax would get a financial break under a bill making its way through the Mississippi Legislature, where the issue has stalled in the past several years. Supporters say the plan could spur economic growth by helping small businesses keep more of their own money that they could use to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2012
Tags: alcohol, alcohol content, beer, bill, brewery, craft beer, executive, governor, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, state government, state law, veto
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is not yet saying whether he’ll sign or veto a bill that would allow the sale of stronger beer in the state, including some craft brews that have been unavailable because of current regulations. Bryant will review the measure after he gets it from the Legislature, his spokesman, Mick Bullock, [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate yesterday passed its first version of budget bills. Lawmakers still face several weeks of work as they decide how much money state programs will receive during the 2013 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The House passed its own first draft of budget bills last week. Each chamber proposes spending [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: bills, doctors, health, health care, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, legislators, medicine, physicians, state law, tax breaks, taxes
JACKSON — Some new physicians in Mississippi could get a tax break in another effort by the state to attract more doctors. The House passed the measure yesterday, 120-1. It would allow newly licensed physicians to not pay state income taxes on income exceeding $100,000 a year. The break from the 5 percent tax rate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: courts, executive branch, governor, inmates, jails, judge, judicial, judiciary, last-minute pardons, pardons, prisoners, prisons, state government, state law
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that former Gov. Haley Barbour’s late-term pardons were valid. In a filing late last week, Hood asked that the case be sent back to Hinds County Circuit Court. Hood claims the Supreme Court’s March 8 decision, which effectively determined [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 19,2012
Tags: coal, construction, courts, distribution, electricity, energy, judges, judicial, judiciary, justices, law, power generation, ratepayers, state agency, state law, utilities
KEMPER COUNTY — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley has issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Mississippi Power Company’s Kemper County Coal Plant: “(This) 9-0 decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court reversing the $2.8 billion Kemper County Coal Plant is a major victory for each and every customer of Mississippi Power [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2012
Tags: attorney general, attorneys, bill, law, law enforcement, lawyers, legislation, legislative, Politics, state government, state law
JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate voted 32-17 yesterday to restrict Attorney General Jim Hood’s power to control the state’s legal business. The bill would write into law what share of a verdict could be earned by outside lawyers hired on contingency. It would also require that the attorney general appoint outside lawyers if he had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2012
Tags: bill, elections, identification, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislator, Legislature, state government, state law, voter fruad, voters, Voting
JACKSON — The Mississippi House has passed a bill that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls. House Bill 921 furthers an amendment approved by 62 percent of voters in November. Because of the state’s history of racial discrimination, any change to its voting procedures must be approved by the U.S. Department [...] [...]
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