All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 11 2013 // After blocking Mississippi’s proposal for a state-run health insurance exchange because of divisions among state leaders on the plan, federal officials said Friday that they’re encouraging the state to seek...
Feb 10 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear more appeals in a pre-need funeral services contracts dispute between two Oxford funeral homes. The Supreme Court ruled last fall there was nothing improper about pre-need...
Feb 6 2013 // Harrison County supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county fire departments respond to emergency medical calls. However, a representative from AMR...
Feb 1 2013 // The Coast Guard let vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman said.Chief...
Jan 28 2013 // More than 300 barges were awaiting passage through a closed section of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Monday, a day after two tanker barges struck a railroad bridge and one leaked an unknown amount...
Jan 28 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to establish a health insurance exchange, says state Attorney General Jim Hood.Under the new federal health law, every state is required to set up an...
Jan 24 2013 // The number of fire-related deaths in Ohio dropped last year to a 26-year low, with the state fire marshal attributing part of the decline to the unusually mild winter.It was the second year running that Ohio saw double...
Jan 17 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to establish and manage a health insurance exchange, according to a legal opinion by state Attorney General Jim Hood.Exchanges are online marketplaces where...
Jan 15 2013 // Vicksburg, Mississippi’s Public Transportation Board is working on 20 proposed changes to the city’s taxi ordinance.Board chairman Jim Stirgus Jr. told the Vicksburg Post that the plan is to bring all vehicles...
Jan 14 2013 // Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River, staving off the shipping industry’s fears that the treacherous...
Jan 11 2013 // A Democratic Mississippi lawmaker said he’s filing a resolution that urges Mississippi’s entire congressional delegation to support federal spending for Hurricane Sandy recovery.The resolution by Rep. David...
Jan 10 2013 // Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled.However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state...
Jan 8 2013 // U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo says he voted against funding to pay the Hurricane Sandy flood insurance claims because of the deficit, but as the chief financial officer for the Biloxi Public Housing Authority in 2005, Palazzo...
Jan 7 2013 // Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner.Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, both Republicans,...
Jan 4 2013 // A federal judge has denied requests from the city of Corinth and the Kroger Co. to be dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth.Kmart Corp. is seeking compensation for flood damage at...
Dec 31 2012 // A Rankin County, Mississippi photographer is seeking $3.6 million in a lawsuit claiming her images were used without permission in an electronic book.Suzi Altman filed a copyright infringement suit in Jackson federal court...
Dec 27 2012 // An insurance company is asking for sanctions against Paul Minor in a lawsuit linked to the corruption case that sent the former attorney and two Mississippi judges to prison.USF&G Insurance Co. says its lawyers have...
Dec 26 2012 // An improved flood prone rating means Pearl River County residents will see a 10 percent reduction in monthly insurance premiums. The Picayune Item reports that county planner Ed Pinero Jr. says the county has moved from an...
Dec 26 2012 // Christmas Day along the Gulf Coast was filled with severe thunderstorms that brought drenching rains, high winds and damaging tornadoes while the nation’s midsection dealt with freezing rain, sleet and snow that made...
Dec 12 2012 // This Christmas, hanging the stockings by the chimney is not the only holiday decorating that needs to be done with care. Mississippi’s Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney recommends that...