Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mayor of Mississippi City Declares Infrastructure Emergency
Apr 1 2015 // Jackson, Miss., Mayor Tony Yarber has signed an emergency declaration for Jackson’s infrastructure system. The Clarion-Ledger reports the state of emergency declared last week allows leeway in the bidding process...
Texting While Driving Officially Banned in Mississippi
Mar 26 2015 // Mississippi has become the 45th state to ban texting while driving after Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill into law this past week. House Bill 389 prohibits drivers from writing, sending or reading text messages, emails...
Main Street America Now Writing Surety, Fidelity Bonds in Mississippi
Mar 24 2015 // The Main Street America Group has received regulatory approval from the State of Mississippi Insurance Department to write commercial surety and fidelity bonds in the state, which will be underwritten through the...
Kmart Asks Appeals Court for Trial Over Flooding in Mississippi Store
Mar 23 2015 // Kmart Corp. is asking a federal appeals court to order a trial in its lawsuit against a shopping center owner for flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth, Miss. Kmart contends it has evidence to support its arguments...
Mississippi on Road to Banning Texting-While-Driving
Mar 23 2015 // Mississippi is one step closer to becoming the 45th state to ban texting while driving, after the state Senate overwhelming passed such a bill on March 9. The governor, for his part, is expected to sign the measure into...
Mississippi River Could Reach Flood Stage by End of March
Mar 15 2015 // The Mississippi River at Natchez, Miss., is expected to rise 6.6 feet in the next two weeks, placing it just below flood level early in the spring rise season. The National Weather Service tells The Natchez Democrat the...
Mississippi Senate Passes Texting-While-Driving Bill, Governor Expected to Sign
Mar 11 2015 // Mississippi is one step closer to becoming the 45th state to ban texting while driving, after the state Senate overwhelming passed such a bill Monday. The governor, for his part, is expected to sign the measure into law if...
Mississippi Confirms Aldridge to Workers’ Comp Commission
Mar 6 2015 // The Mississippi Senate has confirmed a physical therapist to serve on the three-member state Workers Compensation Commission. Beth Harkins Aldridge of Madison, Miss. was nominated for a six-year term by Gov. Phil...
Judge Halts Google Investigation by Mississippi Attorney General, For Now
Mar 4 2015 // The Mississippi attorney general’s attempt to investigate Google is on hold for at least four more months. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Monday granted Google’s request for a preliminary injunction,...
Mississippi Supreme Court Sends Sewage Injury Lawsuit Back to County
Feb 18 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that granted immunity to the city of Starkville over maintenance of its sewage system. Taghi “Ted” Boroujerdi filed the $500,000 lawsuit when he...
Judge to Rule if Mississippi Attorney General Can Investigate Google
Feb 17 2015 // Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities? Mississippi’s attorney general suspects the company does and wants...
Mississippi City to Settle Federal Lawsuit Involving 39 Police Officers
Feb 12 2015 // A federal lawsuit filed in April 2014 on behalf of 39 current or former Jackson, Miss. Police Department officers will be settled. That’s according to the attorney representing the plaintiffs. The Clarion-Ledger...
State Attorneys General, Citizens Groups, Support Mississippi Google Investigation
Feb 11 2015 // With representatives of the electronics industry saying Mississippi’s attempt to investigate Google should be blocked by federal law, 11 other state attorneys general and other groups are taking the opposite...
Mississippi House Reintroduces Texting-While-Driving Ban
Feb 9 2015 // House members are moving ahead with a ban on texting and social media use while driving, after killing a similar bill in the closing moments of the 2014 legislative session. The House voted 98-20 Friday to approve House...
Mississippi Again Weighs Making Insurers Disclose Area Costs
Feb 9 2015 // A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose, by geographic area, how much they are charging to insure property. The idea,...
Mississippi House Rejects Bill Limiting Attorney General’s Power to Sue
Feb 6 2015 // Mississippi House members are rejecting new restrictions against Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to file lawsuits or hire outside lawyers. The House voted 66-49 Wednesday to reject a House Bill 1201, which would...
Industry Groups Back Google’s Effort to Block Mississippi Attorney General Inquiry
Feb 4 2015 // Computer industry groups are joining Google’s effort to block an investigation by Mississippi’s attorney general. Industry groups filed court papers on Jan. 30 saying federal law should block Attorney General...
OSHA Fines 4 Companies After Omega Fish Plant Explosion in Mississippi
Feb 2 2015 // Fines totaling $187,620 have been proposed against four companies related to a deadly explosion at Omega Protein last year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in a news release that two temporary...
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Katrina Case of Home Hit by Casino Barge
Jan 26 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider whether a judge was wrong in finding that an insurance company was not liable for damage caused when the Grand Casino barge was torn from its moorings during Hurricane Katrina...
Mississippi Residents, Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Disclose Insurance Costs by Area
Jan 23 2015 // A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose, by geographic area, how much they are charging to insure property. The idea,...
