Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Texas, Louisiana Improve Building Code Rankings but More Work Needed
Apr 20 2015 // Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to the bottom, according to a national organization committed to improving the ability of properties...
Judge Rules Against Mississippi Attorney General Over Google
Apr 17 2015 // A federal judge has ruled against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in his effort to keep Google from getting its hands on correspondence between Hood and lobbyists for the movie industry. It’s the latest defeat...
Texas, Louisiana Improve Building Code Rankings; More Work Needed
Apr 14 2015 // Source: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to the bottom, according to a national organization committed to...
3.6 Magnitude Missouri Temblor Shows Need for Quake Insurance, Regulator Says
Apr 7 2015 // No damage was reported from a magnitude 3.6 earthquake in southeast Missouri on April 1, but the state’s insurance director says it night illustrated the need for earthquake insurance coverage The quake occurred at...
Federal Appeals Court Denies Kmart Trial Over Flooding of Mississippi Store
Apr 6 2015 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Kmart Corp.’s lawsuit against a shopping center owner for flood damage to one of its stores in Corinth, Miss. Kmart contended it had evidence to support its...
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,...
