http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/noise/enCopyright 2009ronni@jacksonfreepress.comTue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:00 PSThttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/mWv9v5S8_YI/business, development, StateTue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/psc_moving_to_next_fight_on_24b_coal_plant_111009/#When:19:15:00Zby Adam Lynch November 10, 2009 The Public Service Commission announced a unanimous agreement to continue hearings into the need for a new $2.4 billion coal plant in Kemper County. "The Public Service Commission finds that Mississippi Power Company (MPCO) has demonstrated that public convenience and necessity requires or will require additional generating capacity and energy as early as 2014. Further, after a review of the entire record, the commission notes that the record contains no credible evidence to support a finding that MPCO has no need or that this commission should not proceed to Phase two of these proceedings," Commissioner Lynn Posey wrote in a release Monday.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/psc_moving_to_next_fight_on_24b_coal_plant_111009/#When:19:15:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/i2VH-PEc_XA/Barbour, Politics, StateTue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/dem_support_for_power_grab_not_likely_holland_says_111009/#When:19:05:00Zby Adam Lynch November 10, 2009 Joint Legislative Budget Committee member Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, says House Democrats will not readily agree to hand Gov. Haley Barbour more power to personally cut the state budget. "We're likely to give the governor that kind of authority on the same day we'll agree to consolidating the school districts and universities and reorganizing government," Holland said.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/dem_support_for_power_grab_not_likely_holland_says_111009/#When:19:05:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/LL1UX57mpWs/business, City/CountyTue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:01 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/jfp_person_of_the_day_justin_vaughn_111009/#When:19:00:01Zby Nedah Nemati November 10, 2009 Justin Vaughn, a 26-year-old designer, is the founder of Jackson-area T-shirt screen-printing company, Unik Ink, pronounced "unique" ink. A lifelong resident of Madison, Vaughn graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in art, emphasizing graphic design. He learned his trade during college working as a designer for a screen-printing company.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/jfp_person_of_the_day_justin_vaughn_111009/#When:19:00:01Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/d00u5o4g5_Q/health care, StateTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/free_flu_meds_available_111009/#When:15:47:00ZNovember 10, 2009 The Mississippi State Department of Health is making antiviral medications available to uninsured and underinsured patients. In an agreement with selected pharmacies, the department is offering Tamiflu and Relenza from state stockpiles to Mississippians who can't afford them.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/free_flu_meds_available_111009/#When:15:47:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/TQR9vaeGbmE/City/County, Pearl RiverMon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/levee_board_pushs_corps_on_lakes_plans_again_110909/#When:20:15:00Zby Adam Lynch November 9, 2009 At a meeting this morning, the Levee Board again pushed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to justify the $4 million the Corps has said it will cost just to revisit the feasibility and costs of two controversial Lakes plans it says are unlikely to happen.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/levee_board_pushs_corps_on_lakes_plans_again_110909/#When:20:15:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/M4kCMuOa9do/Crime, StateMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/hood_fights_cyber_crime_online_predators_110909/#When:19:30:00Zby Ward Schaefer November 9, 2009 Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood continued his efforts to combat cyber crime today, unveiling an Internet safety video created in collaboration with Comcast Cable. The video, which will be available to Comcast subscribers and on the attorney general's Web site, is aimed at parents and children.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/hood_fights_cyber_crime_online_predators_110909/#When:19:30:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/q-fpM5erlxA/City/CountyMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/public_meetings_and_community_events_110909/#When:19:20:00Zby Vince Falconi November 9, 2009 Nov. 9 and 10, Southern Hospitality Conference at the Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Rd.). The Mississippi Hotel and Lodging Association hosts this annual conference for the tourism and lodging industries in the state. Call 228-436-0630.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/public_meetings_and_community_events_110909/#When:19:20:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/r81Uvyd65OE/City/County, StateMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/jfp_person_of_the_day_roy_wheat_110909/#When:19:15:00Zby Darrell Creecy November 9, 2009 Some of the most honorable and selfless men and women in our country's history have served in the armed services. Mississippian Roy Wheat entered this category with a heroic, selfless act during the Vietnam War.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/jfp_person_of_the_day_roy_wheat_110909/#When:19:15:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/lpiZXUL_P1s/Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:43:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/ida_weakens_to_tropical_storm_110909/#When:15:43:00ZNovember 9, 2009 This morning, the National Hurricane Center downgraded Ida from a hurricane to a tropical storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. The late season gulf storm was off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle as of 9 a.m., and is moving north and east at roughly 17 mph.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/ida_weakens_to_tropical_storm_110909/#When:15:43:00Zhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jacksonfreepress_noise/~3/02lq5A2Q-nw/Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:15:00 PSThttp://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/breaking_health_care_reform_passes_us_house_220_215_110709/#When:04:15:00ZNovember 7, 2009 One Republican joined 219 Democratic members of the U.S. Congress minutes ago to pass H.R. 3962 to reform health care in America. Rep. Joseph Cao, of the 2nd District of Louisiana joined Democrats to pass the legislation. A cheer went up in the chambers when the 218th vote was cast by Rep. John Dingell, a Democrat of Michigan's 15th District. Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the legislaiton.http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/breaking_health_care_reform_passes_us_house_220_215_110709/#When:04:15:00Z