All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 4 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims.The...
Apr 23 2015 // A company faces up to $58,700 in fines after a construction worker died while working on the second story of an Ocean Springs, Mississippi home.The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it has...
Apr 21 2015 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina wind claims to the state by mislabeling them flood claims.The...
Apr 20 2015 // An 88-year-old Mississippi physician, who has faced scrutiny because he was practicing medicine from his car, said after a meeting with regulators that he now expects to be able to continue seeing patients.Dr. Frazier...
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...
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...
Apr 14 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...
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 coverageThe quake occurred at...
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...
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 with...
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...
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...
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...
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 law...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...