State Sen. Terry Burton appointed to Southern Regional Education Board’s...
State Sen. Terry Burton (R-Newton) has been appointed to the Southern Regional Education Board’s Commission on Career and Technical Education. Burton, who represents Mississippi on the SREB, is...
View ArticleIs the SEC Network nearing a deal with Comcast?
According to the Birmingham Business Journal, the new SEC Network appears to be nearing a deal with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company. According to Fox Sports, a spokesman for Comcast said...
View ArticleJustices must act fast if gay marriage to be settled in June
WASHINGTON — Time is running short for the Supreme Court to get same-sex marriage on its calendar if the justices want to tackle the issue before their current term ends in late June. They might have...
View ArticleTVA changing the way in charges for electricity
CHATTANOOGA — The Tennessee Valley Authority is giving notice that it plans to change the way it charges customers for electricity. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the nation’s largest public...
View ArticleEric Martin Satz nominated to serve on TVA board
NASHVILLE — The White House has nominated venture capitalist Eric Martin Satz to serve on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Satz is partner at venture capital and private equity firm TNCV....
View ArticleCal-Maine enters joint venture to build cage-free facility
BY JACK WEATHERLY Cal-Maine Foods has found more room to maneuver, you might say, in what it calls the “uncertain regulatory framework” in the egg industry. The Jackson-based firm, the largest...
View ArticleMississippi in multi-state probe of VW’s bogus emissions tests
By TED CARTER Mississippi has joined more than two dozen other states in investigating whether German car manufacturer Volkswagen used deceptive trade practices to convince consumers that their cars...
View ArticleFirm to partially reimburse customers for investment losses
The Mississippi secretary of state says investment firm Morgan Stanley will return up to $4.2 million to partially reimburse customers who had “inordinate losses” because a portfolio manager allegedly...
View ArticleBan on out-of-state flocks issued, but no new avian flu outbreaks reported
By JACK WEATHERLY Dr. Jim Watson, state veterinarian with the Mississippi Board of Animal Health, said the state is implementing new measures at poultry sales and exhibitions because of the outbreaks...
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