Four more candidates submit campaign finance reports to circuit clerk’s office
Four of the 10 candidates for local county offices who failed to submit campaign finance reports by the first reporting period deadline Friday turned their reports in to the Lowndes County Circuit Clerk’s Office on Monday.
Monday deadline for those registering to vote in upcoming primary
Those planning to vote in the upcoming primary for Mississippi’s Third Congressional District House or Representative have two days left to register.
Post office sees busiest week of the year
Lucy Wilson stood in a line that easily stretched to double digits at the post office on Bluecutt Road Monday, chatting happily with the people around her at the beginning of the post office’s busiest week of the year.
Lowndes, Columbus officials miss financial disclosure deadline
Numerous elected Lowndes County and Columbus area officials failed to file their 2015 statements of economic interest online with the Mississippi Ethics Commission by Sunday’s deadline.
12 county, city officials miss financial disclosure deadline
Twelve of 31 elected officials in Oktibbeha County — including three state lawmakers, three supervisors, three county incumbents and three Starkville aldermen — failed to file their 2015 statements of economic interest online with the Mississippi Ethics Commission by Sunday’s deadline.
Saturday is primary absentee deadline
Saturday is the last chance for in-person absentee voting in Mississippi’s presidential primaries.
House GOP floats debt limit alternatives as deadline looms
Washington is barreling toward a deadline to raise the government’s borrowing cap and avert a first-ever default on U.S. payments, but there’s no sign yet on Capitol Hill of a viable solution.
Absentee ballots available at courthouse
Absentee ballots for the May 12 special election for U.S. Congress, District 1, are now available at the Lowndes County Courthouse.
Medicare Advantage deadline looms
Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they’d rather avoid: Researching and then settling on coverage plans for 2015.
State: 513 voters lacked photo ID on June 3
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Wednesday that Mississippi’s first election requiring photo identification reinforces his belief that the state no longer needs federal oversight to handle elections and redistricting.
New voter registration deadline for June 3 primaries is Saturday
New voters in Lowndes County have until Saturday to register with the Lowndes County Circuit Clerk’s office.
March health deadline approaches
Sick of hearing about the health care law?
Plenty of people have tuned out after all the political jabber and website woes.
But now is the time to tune back in, before it’s too late.
Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers
As a key enrollment deadline hits Monday, many people without health insurance have been sizing up policies on the new government health care marketplace and making what seems like a logical choice: They’re picking the cheapest one.
Obama orders military to review sexual assault
President Barack Obama on Friday gave the military a one-year deadline to better prevent and respond to a wave of sexual assault in the ranks and warned that if progress isn’t made, he will consider tougher reforms than those approved by Congress.
Options set for those lacking new health coverage
People whose existing health care insurance has been canceled because of the Affordable Care Act will not be hit with tax penalties for failing to line up new coverage as required under the law.
Deadline approaches for CVB grant requests
Columbus Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Nancy Carpenter said she encourages people interested in organizing festivals that would bring visitor traffic to Columbus to apply before the May 10 deadline to be considered for grant funding during the second half of Fiscal Year 2013.
Homestead exemption deadline is April 1
Oktibbeha County residents wishing to file for homestead exemption must do so by April 1.
Miss. lawmakers face April deadline for budget
Mississippi budget writers have released their initial proposals for fiscal 2014 but are months away from deciding exactly how much the state will spend on education, health care and other services.
Silicor project in jeopardy after missed deadline
Silicor Materials has missed a Dec. 31 deadline to put up $150,000 in earnest money, jeopardizing the two-phase, $600-million project, according to a source close to the project.
‘Fiscal cliff’ deadline nears
The White House and Senate Republicans sorted through stubborn disputes over taxing the wealthy and cutting the budget to pay for Democratic spending proposals as Monday’s midnight deadline for an accord avoiding the “fiscal cliff” drew to within hours.