Mississippi hospital joins UAB cancer network
Singing River Health System’s Regional Center has joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System Cancer Community Network.
Lawsuit: Gay students bullied in Miss. district
A lawsuit filed Tuesday says gay students are routinely bullied in a south Mississippi school district, including a lesbian who was forced to sit alone in the middle of a classroom when others were split into groups of boys and girls.
Jail contract awarded to Montgomery company
Jackson County has awarded a $27.6 million contract to Montgomery, Ala.-based Caddell Construction to build a new jail in Pascagoula.
Group recommends changes in Miss. criminal justice
Mississippi can improve its criminal justice system, and potentially save millions of dollars, by setting clearer sentencing laws, giving judges more discretion to order alternatives to prison and taking steps to ensure former inmates don’t mess up, a study group says.
Man pleads guilty to distributing painkillers
Former Lee County pharmacist Jim Bain has pleaded guilty to illegally distributing the pain killer hydrocodone.
Education Department awards $120 million to districts
Students will earn an associate’s degree and a high school diploma at the same time. Every student will have a laptop to take home at night. And teachers will be retrained to let students move at their own pace.
All are pilot programs the Education Department is funding with $120 million in grants to five school groups, Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday.
MDMR comments on rules on coastal drilling leases
Mississippi marine resources agency officials said the rules and regulations that the Mississippi Development Authority adopted this year regarding seismic testing in Mississippi waters do not conflict with its own process for managing coastal resources.
State Supreme Court denies motion for removal of trial judge
The Mississippi Supreme Court has again denied a motion from a Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case to remove the judge appointed to preside over his case.
Arrests at McComb weight loss center
The owner and business manager of the McComb weight loss clinic have been charged with selling drugs and practicing medicine without a license.
AGs want tamper proof generic painkillers
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and 41 other states legal officers are asking the government to require manufacturers of generic prescription pain relievers to develop tamper-resistant versions of their products.
Mississippi death penalty case before U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Jan. 10 whether to hear an appeal from a woman on Mississippi’s death row who is seeking a new trial in the slaying of her husband based on claims that she was abused.
Mississippi to end prisoners’ conjugal visits
Mississippi prisoners will no longer be allowed to have conjugal visits, starting early next year, Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said.
Tunica Furniture Market set for January
The inaugural Tunica Furniture Market in January will be held in January and its organizer says about 40 companies are expected to participate.
Tupelo city gov’t reducing its overtime spending
In the past three years, Tupelo city government has significantly cut the amount of money it’s spending on overtime.
Child support decision gets second look
In a 5-4 decision in June, the Supreme Court majority reached two conclusions. It said that nothing in state law requires parents to financially support their offspring after they turn 21, and it also said the Legislature has not passed a law to require parents to pay support for, or on the behalf of, adult disabled children.
Miss. hospital does its first pancreas transplant
Doctors at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have performed the facility’s first pancreas transplant in a 49-year-old diabetes patient who also received a kidney during the procedure.
Entergy-ITC deal canceled due to regulatory issues
Entergy Corp. and ITC Holdings Corp. have called off plans to spin off Entergy’s electric transmission business and merge it into ITC, because the deal failed to get regulatory approval.
State appeals political spending law ruling
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that part of Mississippi’s campaign finance law creates an unconstitutional burden for people or groups that spend at least $200 to support or oppose a ballot initiative.
Bullock leaving as Bryant spokesman
Mick Bullock, the spokesman for Gov. Phil Bryant, is leaving to become communications director of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Study: Medicaid expansion would spur Miss. economy
Mississippi is losing billions of dollars in potential economic activity because state leaders, so far, have chosen not to extend Medicaid to hundreds of thousands more people, a nonprofit group said a report Thursday.