Central MS TEA Party may join in lawsuit against IRS.
Central Mississippi TEA Party (CMTP) President Janis Lane says her group is considering joining a…
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Abrupt replacement of MS Power chief a result of withholding documents from PSC.
Mississippi Power Co. made an abrupt leadership switch Monday amid cost overruns at the Kemper County power plant it’s building, naming Ed Holland president to replace Ed Day.
The subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said Monday that Day, who resides…
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CEO of Mississippi Power resigns, board elects replacement.
Mississippi Power Co. announced this morning that President and CEO Ed Day is retiring and will be replaced by G. Edison “Ed” Holland.
The company’s board of directors elected Holland to the job. He will “be responsible for the operations of Mississippi…
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Supreme Court won’t hear Mississippi NAACP challenge to legislative redistricting.
The Supreme Court won’t order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state’s redistricting.
The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the…
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NEWSOM: Cochran scenario to produce Coast lieutenant governor?
I’ve heard Republican power brokers are already working on a fairly complicated contingency plan involving multiple appointments that could end with a South Mississippian in the lieutenant governor’s office if Cochran steps down before his term ends. Gov.…
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Wet weather puts farmers behind schedule across Mississippi.
The U.S Department of Agriculture says foul weather only left Mississippi with four days suitable for fieldwork during a two-week period that ended May 12.
A USDA report says the percentages of cotton, race, soybeans, peanuts and watermelons that have…
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Corps will hold meeting on Gulfport channel deepening Tuesday
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on the state port’s proposal to study deepening the ship channel to as much as 47 feet.
The port has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a deeper ship channel as part of an ongoing…
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College Board approves $11 million for Valley State gym expansion.
Another $11 million has been added to the budget to expand and renovate Mississippi Valley State University’s gymnasium complex.
The College Board approved plans Thursday to raise the budget for the overhaul of the R.W. Harrison Health, Physical Education…
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5,000 more Mississippian’s give up on finding work.
Mississippi’s unemployment rate dipped in April, but mainly because fewer people were looking for work.
However, a separate survey of employer payrolls continued to rise, suggesting Mississippi’s slow climb out of recession continues.
Both sets of figures…
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Lawmakers expect legislation to lower blood-alcohol limits next session.
NTSB recommended Tuesday to lower the legal BAC limit from 0.08 to 0.05. State Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, said lawmakers will probably see preliminary legislation on the issue but nothing more.
“I think we have good law enforcement and a stout…
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