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To understand his bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state waters off the Mississippi coast, you have to understand that Holland is one of the most progressive and most eccentric members of the House. He's also one of the longest serving and most knowledgeable about the inner-workings of the Legislature. He's not exactly hid his disdain for the fact that Speaker Philip Gunn not only didn't give him a committee chairmanship but left him off the committees he's served on ... read on »
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood cried foul this afternoon on the less-than-sunshiney manner in which the House Sunshine Act was introduced and passed out of committee in less than 18 hours. Hood said he didn't even get a chance to read the bill, which Speaker Philip Gunn sponsored, that would usurp some of his constitutional rights as the state's chief legal officer because he was up until 2 a.m. preparing briefs for the Thursday Supreme Court hearing about Pardongate. Here's the ... read on »
At a special meeting yesterday, Councilman Quentin Whitwell made an emergency motion for the city to get a supplemental lease at the Metrocenter Mall, an idea he shared with the Jackson Free Press last week. His motion died, but it comes before the council later today.
Not, of course, that he'll be playing. (Although just imagine if he had a year of eligibility and wanted to get a Master's degree...) According to CoachingSearch.com via Sports Illustrated, Deuce McAllister, former Ole Miss and New Orleans Saint running back, will be headed to the coaching staff in a yet-to-be-determined capacity, although he will not be one of the nine official assistant coaches.
The hearing scheduled to take place this Friday, Feb. 3 on the constitutionality of the pardons and commutations granted by former Gov. Haley Barbour has been canceled and the Mississippi Supreme Court will take over, WLBT is reporting. Attorneys for four former inmates who lived and at worked at the governor's mansion asked that the case, previously in Hinds County Circuit Court, be moved to the state's high court. Justices will hear arguments on Thursday, Feb. 9.
Facebook is going to have to adjust its privacy settings -- because they're finally going public. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based social-media behemoth released its prospectus this afternoon, which contains the first tangible financial data on the company that has long kept how much money it makes under tight wraps. According to the S-1 filing to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, Facebook's revenues grew from $153 million in 2007 to $3.7 buh-buh-BILLION in 2011. The company names losing ... read on »
This past month, I spent a lot of time reflecting on the fact that it has been 10 years since my suicide attempt.
After several weeks of trying to track down pardoned governor's mansion inmate worker Joseph Ozment, investigators from the Mississippi attorney general's office served Ozment with court papers last night in Laramie, Wy., state AG Jim Hood said this afternoon. Hood said Ozment, convicted of killing a store clerk in DeSoto County in 1992, was driving his girlfriend's Mercedes-Benz when officers attempted to serve him. In the process of trying to avoid being served, Ozment bumped one of the ... read on »
Thanks to both Fox40 News and WLBT for coming out of the King Edward to help us celebrate the Best of Jackson with a few of our closest friends, tons of fabulous restaurants and some great music by Adib Sabir, DJ Phingaprint and Anderson United Methodist Church.
Fox40 coverage: http://www.fox40tv.com/news/local/story/Best-of-Jackson/p2-zbsdeH0ufI0m7qH1QdA.cspx
WLBT story:
Shout out to the King Edward/Hilton Garden Inn for hosting, as well as sponsors Patty Peck Honda, Jackson Paper ... read on »
When I got in this morning, one of my writers had emailed me about a new Facebook page bashing the Jackson Free Press—apparently because the folks on it are sore for not winning Best of Jackson awards.
That part is nothing new: Over the years, we've had various blogs obsess over us, especially due to our inclusiveness, and each year, a handful of people get angry and nasty because they didn't win Best of Jackson awards. (Most of them didn't vote, either, but hey.) So I forwarded the writer's ... read on »
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