SFGate.com Emily Wagster Pettus JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers into special session at 10 a.m. Thursday and asking them to do in less than four days what they didn't do in three months. He wants them to adopt a Medicaid budget...
Mississippi Public BroadcastingPaheadra Robinson is interviewed by Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Karen Brown about predatory lending ahead of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hearing in Itta Bena, Miss. She discusses the predatory nature of payday loans and opportunities to create alternatives via partnerships between financial institutions...
Clarion Ledger Jimmie Gates State Sen. Sollie B. Norwood is sponsoring a healthcare Town Hall meeting for residents of his senate District 28 on September 19th, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Metro Event Center of the Metrocenter Mall. Healthcare professionals and providers from Jackson Hinds...
GulfLive.com Jeff Amy JACKSON, Mississippi -- Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn't spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from the storm. The remaining $872 million is part of $5.5 billion Congress gave the state to rebound from Katrina,...
Houston Chronicle Stephen Teague Over the past year, BP has made several challenges to the court-approved settlement program established to compensate those who suffered medical injuries and economic losses as a result of the April 2010, BP oil disaster. BP's recent appeal to the court seeks to...
Sun HeraldCommunity and business leaders should join Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes' call to demand that the PEER Committee release its report on the State Port at Gulfport as written when it meets next week. Do not be seduced by a slick and very expensive public relations report...
Sun HeraldTuesday's announcement of the state Port at Gulfport having recruited a couple of "prospective" customers was a weak attempt to put a positive spin on what really amounts to a nonevent. Especially considering the possible tenants will require dredging the channel, a multimillion-dollar project...
Sun Herald Paul Hampton BILOXI -- The Port of Gulfport could have deals with two new tenants within six months, the port's executive director said Tuesday. News of the prospective tenants was revealed in a status report on the $570 million restoration project at the port by...
Jackson Free Press Georgette Keeler Even with her smooth, tenor-like voice, smart pinstriped suit, and soaring stature of at least 6 feet in heels, Paheadra Robinson is not as intimidating as some attorneys can be. She is poised, humble and compassionate. The combination makes her magnetic and...
Contact: Sharon Morris smorris@mscenterforjustice.org Direct Line: 769-230-2835 Mississippi consumer protection attorney tapped for education committee (Jackson, Miss.) – Whitney Barkley, consumer protection staff attorney for the Mississippi Center for Justice, has been selected to serve on the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking committee on gainful employment. The committee...
