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The executive branch of Mississippi state government is composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, commissioner of insurance, the three-person Mississippi Public Service Commission, and the three-person Mississippi Transportation Commission.
Riley Kugel scored 15 points, Keyshawn Murphy had 13 and No. 14 Mississippi State held off South Carolina 65-60 in overtime on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C. Josh Hubbard added 12 points and ...
The Black Sheep - student newspaper of the University of Mississippi; The Daily Mississippian – student newspaper of the University of Mississippi; The Mississippi Collegian - student newspaper of Mississippi College
Lock and Dam No. 9: Harpers Ferry, Iowa ~647.9 620 feet Parking area next to lock on Wisconsin side. Owned/operated by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, St. Paul District
The Public Service Commission is responsible for regulating telecommunications, electric, gas, water, and sewer utilities in Mississippi. [8] It monitors and approves rates charged to consumers, [a] monitors the delivery of services, and determines whether the construction of utility facilities are for the benefit of the public. [10]
At the same time, the state was seeking to reduce the prison population. Studies had found that minor reductions in length of sentence did not affect the rate of recidivism, showing that prisoners could be paroled earlier for certain types of crimes without affecting public safety. [8]
The 1988 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis decided to retire instead of seeking a seventh full term.
No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 4 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by Lieutenant Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr., the son of former governor Paul B. Johnson Sr., who defeated former governor James P. Coleman.