Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi River Flood of 2011 Caused $2.8B in Economic Damage: Army Corps
Feb 27 2013 // The Mississippi River flooding of 2011 caused $2.8 billion in damage and tested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ system of levees, reservoirs and floodways like never before, exposing vulnerabilities that need...
Barge Spills Oil after Collision on Lower Mississippi River
Feb 15 2013 // A collision involving a barge Thursday night resulted in an oil spill near Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the Mississippi River, the United States Coast Guard said on Friday. The amount of oil spilled was unknown, but the...
Mississippi’s Hattiesburg Suffers Significant Storm Damage
Feb 12 2013 // An apparent tornado passed through the heart of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Sunday as part of a wave of severe storms that caused injuries and significant damage. Forrest County Fire Coordinator Chip Brown said there is...
Mississippi Insurance Chief Wants State-Run Health Exchange, Not Partnership
Feb 11 2013 // After blocking Mississippi’s proposal for a state-run health insurance exchange because of divisions among state leaders on the plan, federal officials said Friday that they’re encouraging the state to seek...
Mississippi Court Stands by Ruling on Pre-Need Funeral Policies
Feb 10 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear more appeals in a pre-need funeral services contracts dispute between two Oxford funeral homes. The Supreme Court ruled last fall there was nothing improper about pre-need...
Mississippi County Lets Fire Departments Charge Patients for Medical Response
Feb 6 2013 // Harrison County supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county fire departments respond to emergency medical calls. However, a representative from AMR...
Coast Guard Battles Oil Spill Cleanup, Traffic Demands on Mississippi River
Feb 1 2013 // The Coast Guard let vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman...
Mississippi River Closure After Accident Delays 300 Barges
Jan 28 2013 // More than 300 barges were awaiting passage through a closed section of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Monday, a day after two tanker barges struck a railroad bridge and one leaked an unknown amount...
Mississippi Insurance Chief Has Exchange Authority
Jan 28 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to establish a health insurance exchange, says state Attorney General Jim Hood. Under the new federal health law, every state is required to set up an...
Fire Deaths in Ohio Reach 26-Year Low in 2012
Jan 24 2013 // The number of fire-related deaths in Ohio dropped last year to a 26-year low, with the state fire marshal attributing part of the decline to the unusually mild winter. It was the second year running that Ohio saw double...
Mississippi AG: State Insurance Chief Has Health Exchange Authority
Jan 17 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to establish and manage a health insurance exchange, according to a legal opinion by state Attorney General Jim Hood. Exchanges are online marketplaces where...
Mississippi City Overhauling Taxi Regulations
Jan 15 2013 // Vicksburg, Mississippi’s Public Transportation Board is working on 20 proposed changes to the city’s taxi ordinance. Board chairman Jim Stirgus Jr. told the Vicksburg Post that the plan is to bring all vehicles...
Mississippi Rock Blasting Puts River in Ship Shape
Jan 14 2013 // Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River, staving off the shipping industry’s fears that the treacherous...
Entire Mississippi Delegation Urged to Support Sandy Disaster Relief
Jan 11 2013 // A Democratic Mississippi lawmaker said he’s filing a resolution that urges Mississippi’s entire congressional delegation to support federal spending for Hurricane Sandy recovery. The resolution by Rep. David...
Mississippi Pharmacists Battle Benefit Managers, Mail Order Drug Firms
Jan 10 2013 // Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled. However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state...
Mississippi’s Palazzo Sought Katrina Aid, Voted Against Sandy Insurance Funds
Jan 8 2013 // U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo says he voted against funding to pay the Hurricane Sandy flood insurance claims because of the deficit, but as the chief financial officer for the Biloxi Public Housing Authority in 2005, Palazzo...
Mississippi Governor, Insurance Chief At Odds Over Health Insurance Exchange
Jan 7 2013 // Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner. Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, both Republicans,...
Kmart vs. Kroger Flooding Case Set for Trial in Mississippi
Jan 4 2013 // A federal judge has denied requests from the city of Corinth and the Kroger Co. to be dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth. Kmart Corp. is seeking compensation for flood damage at...
Mississippi Suit Seeks $3.6M for Unpermitted Electronic Use of Photos
Dec 31 2012 // A Rankin County, Mississippi photographer is seeking $3.6 million in a lawsuit claiming her images were used without permission in an electronic book. Suzi Altman filed a copyright infringement suit in Jackson federal...
USF&G Seeks Sanctions Against Mississippi Lawyer in Corruption Case
Dec 27 2012 // An insurance company is asking for sanctions against Paul Minor in a lawsuit linked to the corruption case that sent the former attorney and two Mississippi judges to prison. USF&G Insurance Co. says its lawyers have...
