All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2014 // In a case involving the Mississippi attorney general suing liquid-crystal display (LCD) makers on behalf of citizens of his state, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled states’ claims against corporate...
Jan 10 2014 // Mississippi lawmakers say they want to reduce the number of former inmates who return to prison after serving time. However, one state representative said ex-felons could have trouble finding jobs because of workers’...
Jan 6 2014 // Union Carbide Corp. has until Jan. 27 to file a motion asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to review an unfavorable ruling in an asbestos case.The Supreme Court on Dec. 12 overruled a Smith County judge who threw out a...
Jan 3 2014 // What the city of Columbus, Miss., pays for liability insurance will increase 15 percent in 2014.WCBI-TV in Columbus reported that insurance consultant Eddie Mauck told officials this week that three or four major police...
Jan 2 2014 // Union Carbide Corporation has until Jan. 27 to file a motion asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to review an unfavorable ruling in an asbestos case.The Supreme Court on Dec. 12 overruled a Smith County judge who threw...
Dec 27 2013 // A year after a strong tornado hit Mississippi’s rural Pearl River County, residents are recovering unevenly.Sue Hubbard’s family has a new metal roof on their new house, thanks in part to insurance payments....
Dec 18 2013 // A woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a central Mississippi mental health facility failed to protect her 11-year-old son from being sexually abused by a nurse while he was a patient.The lawsuit says Brentwood...
Dec 16 2013 // Three Biloxi residents have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said.Hood’s news release said 47-year-old Rosemary Henderson, 38-year-old Lavon Donnell Cherry and...
Dec 11 2013 // Court records say Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. and a woman who sued the company over a 2008 accident in south Mississippi have reached a settlement in the case.Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson County Circuit Court in...
Dec 10 2013 // George County, Miss., will officially open two new storm shelters Tuesday in Agricola and Benndale.The county began the construction of the shelters two years ago. The $3.2 million project was paid for with a Federal...
Dec 3 2013 // Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. and a woman who sued the company over a 2008 accident in south Mississippi have until Friday to advise the judge of any settlement they reach in the case.Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson...
Dec 2 2013 // Louisiana’s Department of Insurance has joined a lawsuit filed by Mississippi against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program.Commissioner Jim...
Dec 2 2013 // The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed.In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal...
Nov 26 2013 // The University of Alabama opened a new football-training center last February. Any professional team would be happy to have it. The amenities include a $9 million weight room, a hydrotherapy pool with a Club Med–style...
Nov 26 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a former Ripley alderman who lost both hands after being electrocuted.WTVA-TV in Tupelo reported that Lonnie Smith was working for the Tippah Electric Power...
Nov 22 2013 // For this holiday season, DeSoto County school officials are waiving a requirement that Santa Claus have liability and workers’ compensation insurance coverage before he can pay a visit to area campuses.District...
Nov 20 2013 // The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed.In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal...
Nov 19 2013 // Four businesses on a busy Hattiesburg Street are suing Hattiesburg city government, claiming a street improvement project has cost them customers.The project on Hardy Street began Oct. 30, 2012, according to The...
Nov 18 2013 // In support of a Mississippi lawsuit that alleges the new FEMA flood insurance rates are arbitrary and unlawful, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed an amicus brief in federal court arguing that FEMA...
Nov 15 2013 // Florida and Alabama government officials have filed an amicus brief this week supporting the Mississippi insurance department’s lawsuit against the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program’s...