Board chairman talks of possible funding cuts The chairman of the state Board of Mental Health says if the Legislature goes ahead with present budget proposals, it could mean the loss of jobs at facilities across Mississippi.
TVA instituting new shoreline fees next year TVA is preparing to roll out restructured fees for shoreline marinas across the seven-state region that some smaller operators say could be the death knell of their businesses.
Southaven mayor's stipends under fire The Southaven Board of Alderman has asked the attorney general's office whether two stipends received by Mayor Greg Davis are legal.
Reeves: Charters will start in modest numbers Don't expect to see a charter school on every street corner if the bill that passed the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday becomes law in its current form.
JACKSON -- Attorney General Jim Hood was scheduled to meet with Speaker Philip Gunn Friday morning to discuss legislation designed to curb Hood's ability to hire outside attorneys to pu...
JACKSON -- One of the arguments former Gov. Haley Barbour is using to oppose the lawsuit Attorney General Jim Hood filed to block the nearly 200 pardons he granted in his final hours in office...
BATON ROUGE, La. – The receiver for the Stanford companies has sued Adams & Reese LLP and Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP for $1.8 billion, alleging that the New Orleans and Baton Rouge law firms h...
HOUSTON, Texas – It's Week 3 on Monday for the U.S. vs R. Allen Stanford. Former CFO James M. Davis, who once lived west of Baldwyn, continues on the stand as the government's witnesss closest ...
Reuters - Virginia's Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday abruptly shifted his stance on a hotly-contested bill requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound, asking lawmakers to revise the legislation just before a scheduled vote.
Reuters - A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered a Moroccan man to be held on charges that he planned a suicide bombing attack against Congress, believing he was working with al Qaeda militants when in fact his contacts were undercover agents.
Reuters - Nearly 1,200 people lined up at a downtown Miami conference center on Wednesday, holding onto mortgage documents and income statements in the hope of saving the homes they are struggling to pay for.
Time.com - The greatest threat to any long-term investor is inflation. It not only erodes the value of stocks and bonds, but also depresses economic growth and misleads policymakers
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