Rienzi NewsLocal news for Rienzi, MS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.House authorizes bonds to help bring laboratory to Flora- May 29, 2008 Members of the Mississippi House authorized $88 million in bonds Wednesday to try to lure a multimillion-dollar project to Mississippi.http://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/house-authorizes-bonds-to-help-bring-laborator... House passes two bills, adjourns- May 27, 2008 BY BOBBY HARRISON Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - To almost no one's surprise, the state House and Senate took different paths Wednesday in acting on Gov.http://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/house-passes-two-bills-adjourns?fromrss=1 Jobless benefits added to special session agenda- May 25, 2008 By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour extended the ongoing special session Thursday to allow legislators to take up the issue of increasing unemployment benefits.http://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/jobless-benefits-added-to-special-session-agen... Senate continues work in special session- May 23, 2008 The House and Senate have both passed a bill to allow private financing to build toll roads.http://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/senate-continues-work-in-special-session?fromr... Special session: Debates reopening- May 21, 2008 Lawmakers return to the state Capitol today for a special session that will require more work than they expected, generate another round of debate over controversial topics and cost taxpayers thousands of ...http://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/special-session-debates-reopening?fromrss=1 Subplots in advertising issue to be on display during special session- May 12, 2008 "I have a lot of friends in the media." BY BOBBY HARRISON Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - Numerous subplots lurk beneath the issue of the Legislature regulating the expenditure of taxpayer money on advertising. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/subplots-in-advertising-issue-to-be-on-display... Barbour, McCoy tussle over ad contracts, employment agency- May 8, 2008 "We need you, Mississippians, your help to make sure that the state doesn't do something stupid about employment security" By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS The Associated Press JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour says some lawmakers are being "foolish and wrongheaded" to tie the fate of an employment agency to a dispute over state advertising. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/05/barbour-mccoy-tussle-over-ad-contracts-employm... |