SOCSD delays student start date to Aug. 24
Classes will start Aug. 24 in the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, Superintendent Eddie Peasant announced Friday, instead of Aug. 6 as originally planned, in order to prepare teachers for an unexpectedly high number of students who will learn through the district’s virtual option.
Weather delays opening of SOCSD-MSU partnership school to 2019
Construction of Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s grades 6-7 partnership school is not expected to conclude until spring 2019 because of delays to dirt work caused by summer rains, SOCSD Superintendent Eddie Peasant confirmed.
Computer problem delays disability payments to nearly 19K
A computer problem is delaying disability payments to nearly 19,000 people who receive Supplemental Security Income.
Federal inquiries delay BancorpSouth takeovers
BancorpSouth’s acquisitions of a bank in Louisiana and one in Texas are being delayed because of federal inquiries into BancorpSouth’s practices.
Weathers granted 30-day extension for CalStar work
It will likely be late next month before construction on the facility that will house CalStar Products is substantially complete.
Weather a factor in utility bill delivery delays
Earlier this month, some Columbus Light and Water customers, primarily in East Columbus, didn’t receive their February bill in time to pay it in time. Some customers received two bills.
Employers scrutinize latest health care concession
It may take weeks to render a verdict on the Obama administration’s latest health care concession to employers.
Expansion of Mississippi Medicaid unlikely in 2014
Mississippi lawmakers appear unlikely to do an about-face and vote to expand Medicaid this year.
Feds say Mississippi can delay high-stakes teacher evaluations
The federal government has granted Mississippi permission for a one-year delay in the use of evaluations to hire and fire teachers.
White House OKs limited waiver on health insurance penalty
WASHINGTON — With website woes ongoing, the Obama administration Monday granted a six-week extension until March 31 for Americans to sign up for coverage next
Former mayor opposes changes to sidewalk ordinance
Former Starkville Mayor Dan Camp delivered a blistering letter Tuesday urging aldermen to preserve the city’s sidewalk ordinance unless they want the city to suffer a major setback.
Sidewalk, landscaping report delayed until February
An upcoming review of Starkville’s sidewalk and landscaping ordinances is delayed until February after Community Developer William Snowden was placed on unpaid medical leave for six weeks Tuesday.
Study: Half who now buy own health plan to get aid
WASHINGTON — About half the people who now buy their own health insurance — and potentially would face higher premiums next year under President Barack
New health insurance markets: Not like Travelocity or Amazon
WASHINGTON — You may have heard that shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will be like using Travelocity or Amazon.
Obama extols health care law amid public doubts
WASHINGTON — Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program’s benefits,
Health law’s rule delay could hamper enforcement
There’s a bit of a domino effect undercutting President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Enforcement of the overhaul’s central mandate — that individual Americans must have coverage — could be weakened by the Obama administration’s recent delay of a requirement that larger employers provide medical insurance.
Judge reschedules child porn sentencing
A federal judge has rescheduled the sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in Columbus.
Catfish Alley ceremony pushed to August
The finishing touches are being applied to an overhaul of Catfish Alley, and a ceremony to unveil a monument which honors the history of the street is tentatively planned for late August, city planner Christina Berry said.
Q&A for the latest health law fight: Battle of mandates
WASHINGTON — If businesses get an extra year to meet a new health care mandate, why not everybody else? Republicans, seizing on the White House
GOP wants delay in health law’s individual mandate
Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law’s requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance.