JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour says that with tax collections falling short of expectations, he is asking state agency directors to find ways to trim budgets. He wants them to be prepared to cut spending by 2 percent...
BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal Ann Hannaford Lamar describes herself as sort of an "accidental judge." Each wants to be elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court for an eight-year term. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove appointed her...
By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour is not planning to call a special session of the Legislature to take up the recommendations of his tax study commission. During the summer, speculation...
JACKSON, Miss. - The board overseeing the State Port of Gulfport could vote later this month on an ambitious plan that would greatly expand operations at the facility and help it weather future hurricanes. Port executive...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour is telling agencies they should prepare to trim their spending if the tumultuous national economy continues to drag down state tax collections. "Just as Mississippi families and...
Mississippi Harbor Gets Facelift after Hurricanes PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) - Pass Christian will get $25 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery funds to expand the city's harbor, which was destroyed by the 2005 storm and...
By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said Wednesday he is confident that a special committee he named will provide solid recommendations on ways to provide more...
One proposal would offer incentives to keep veteran teachers from retiring Jeff Ayres • jeff.ayres@jackson.gannett.com • October 8, 2008 The Mississippi Economic Council believes improving the state's education system and work...
Notebook Is the United States being sabotaged by our harsh political discourse? Gov. Phil Bredesen and former Sen. Howard Baker hosted a panel discussion on the topic Monday at Belmont University. There was a sense from some...
HAZLEHURST, Miss. (AP) - The child nutrition director of Hazlehurst schools is the latest administrator to be dismissed from the academically and financially troubled district, and six others have been suspended. The state...