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March 16, 2017

MCPP: HB 1425: Necessary Regulatory Reform that Will Protect Consumers and Lower Prices

From the Mississippi Center for Public Policy: HB 1425: Necessary Regulatory Reform that Will Protect Consumers and Lower Prices Executive Summary  The Supreme Court recently ruled that many occupational licensing boards may be sued for engaging in anti-competitive practices. Approximately two dozen of Mississippi’s boards are vulnerable to lawsuit. There are, essentially, three ways to…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 16, 2017

Rep. Formby’s move to Workers Comp Commission would require special election to fill HD 108 seat

Bryant nominates Formby for Workers Comp Commission Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is nominating a longtime Republican lawmaker to the three-member Workers Compensation Commission. Rep. Mark Formby of Picayune has served in the House since 1993 and helped push a 2012 law that tightened rules about how the commission awards compensation to workers injured on the…