Mayor Johnny Dupree Honors Lab Techs
On Tuesday's, March 20th City Council meeting Mayor Johnny Dupree honored lab techs from the area.
Public Hearing Nixed Due to Back Room Negotiations, Leaving Hippo Supporters Thirsty for Details.
As the Jackie Dole Community Center was filling up with Thirsty Hippo Supporters and media, John Lee and his legal...
Redistricting planner Chris Watson “clonked” by Councilwoman Deborah Delgado over his initial redistricting plan.
Our constitution requires that there be no more than a 10% disparity from the most populous ward to the least...
Hattiesburg City Councilman Dave Ware discusses the proposed night club ordinance on 2.06.12.
In this video with WDAM, Hattiesburg City Councilman Dave Ware discussed the proposed nightclub ordinance. Ware later refused to support...
Hattiesburg city council redistricting public hearing Jackie Dole Community Center May 17th video (PART 2 HD)
This part two begins in the middle of Reverend Ken Fairley's presentation to the council. His plan creates a 3rd...
Reverend Ken Fairley presented his redistricting plan on May 29th, 2012
Reverend Ken Fairley stood before a mostly white audience and gave a heartfelt presentation about the fairness of three minority-majority...
Hattiesburg City Council president Kim Bradley: “$1.3 million dollars is a lot of money.”
Councilwoman Delgado moved to table the vote on the across the board 5% pay raise for city workers, giving the...
Councilman Naylor hammers Supervisor Ron Woullard and other detractors in response to extraneous remarks.
Forrest County Supervisor Rod Woullard took the podium and walked the audience on a good old-fashioned southern stroll of how (TEN...
Redistricting Public Hearing #3 at Danny Hinton Community Center Full Video (HD)
These videos are HD and require a broadband internet connection.
Part 1
This video includes Chris Watkins giving an overview of the...
Bradley to Delgado: You are out of order. Mayor Johnny Dupree: You can suspend the rules
In an unheard move Mayor Johnny Dupree said the council could,"suspend the rules" and allow Delgado to motion to reconsider...
Ethics complaints against Rep. Steven Palazzo likely to ‘evaporate’ in Congress
A year-and-a-half long probe by the House Ethics Committee into alleged misspending of campaign and congressional money and misuse of his office by Rep. Steven Palazzo isn’t likely to yield results, said an attorney...
30,000 state employees, teachers poised to lose name-brand prescription coverage under state plan
More than 30,000 state and public school employees received letters this week informing them their medications will no longer be covered under the state’s prescription drug program as of July 1 — the results...
Divided panel of federal judges refuses to rule on constitutionality of redrawn U.S. House map
A three-judge federal panel that has been overseeing the redistricting of Mississippi’s congressional seats since the early 2000s has declined to rule on whether the state’s four newly drawn U.S. House districts are constitutional.
Judges...
Chief Justice Randolph gave state judges a pay raise, then lawmakers gave them another
Mississippi lawmakers rubber-stamped a pay raise Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph gave to himself and other state judges last year and provided judges an additional pay raise during the completed 2022 session.
House Bill...
Redistricting gives Republicans chance to increase legislative super majorities
Republicans have a reasonable chance of increasing their much ballyhooed super majorities, at least in the Mississippi House, in the 2023 elections based on the redrawing of the legislative districts earlier this year.
It might...
Wiggins again misused state campaign funds for congressional race, complaint alleges
State Sen. Brice Wiggins used his state campaign funds to fund a Super PAC that is aiding his campaign for the 4th Congressional District seat — which appears to be prohibited by federal election...
Former auditors question whether Shad White was too close to investigate Phil Bryant
Three former state auditors say they would have recused themselves or limited their involvement in the investigation into Mississippi’s welfare fraud scandal to avoid perceptions of conflict of interest due to current auditor Shad...
Civil rights attorney signals possible lawsuit over new legislative districts that dilute Black votes
Veteran civil rights attorney Carroll Rhodes of Hazlehurst said Tuesday that talks are ongoing over whether to file a lawsuit challenging the 174 state legislative districts for diluting the voting strength of Mississippi’s minority...
‘No-Show Palazzo’: Congressman, still under investigation, absent from campaign trail
OCEAN SPRINGS — Just a few hours before a congressional candidate’s forum was slated to begin on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo’s staff called event organizers and said he couldn’t make it because he had...
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