Latest Mississippi Headlines
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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...
Mississippi County Lowers Its Flood Insurance Premiums
Dec 26 2012 // An improved flood prone rating means Pearl River County residents will see a 10 percent reduction in monthly insurance premiums. The Picayune Item reports that county planner Ed Pinero Jr. says the county has moved from an...
Tornadoes Strike in Texas
Dec 26 2012 // Christmas Day along the Gulf Coast was filled with severe thunderstorms that brought drenching rains, high winds and damaging tornadoes while the nation’s midsection dealt with freezing rain, sleet and snow that made...
Mississippi Regulator Advises Holiday Decorating With Safety in Mind
Dec 12 2012 // This Christmas, hanging the stockings by the chimney is not the only holiday decorating that needs to be done with care. Mississippi’s Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney recommends that...
Main Street America Launches Commercial Lines in Mississippi
Dec 12 2012 // The Main Street America Group has announced it will start offering commercial line products in Mississippi through 50 independent agents that represent the insurer’s affiliate, Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. The...
Texaco Disputes $17 Million Mississippi Claim Over Children’s Disabilities
Dec 5 2012 // Attorneys for Texaco Inc. argued this week that no evidence showed the oil company was responsible for ailments of children born to five women who claimed they were exposed to leaded gasoline fumes. Texaco, now part of...
Mississippi Upholds Funeral Policy Restriction
Dec 3 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled the there was nothing improper about pre-need funeral services contracts written by Waller Funeral Home that forbid their transfer to another provider. Coleman Funeral Home had...
Homeowners in Mississippi’s Moss Point Fight Flood Insurance Rules
Nov 29 2012 // Moss Point officials hope a city judge will set a court date in December to determine if 47 properties must comply with rules to elevate homes in flood plains. Andrew R. Beamon, who became director of the city’s...
