Three Miss. companies fined nearly $10M for robocalls Itâs part of an ongoing effort to cut down on robocalls to peopleâs cell and landline phones. (Source: WAVE 3 News) By WLBT Digital | February 4, 2021 at 8:01 AM CST - Updated February 4 at 9:40 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Public Service Commission has fined three companies nearly ten million dollars for calling people on the stateâs no-call list.
Itâs part of an ongoing effort to cut down on robocalls to peopleâs cell and landline phones.
Southern District Commissioner Dane Maxwell says the PSC will continue to crack down on companies who prey on Mississippians.
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, January 21, 2021
HONOLULU (AP) - The state of Hawaii has drawn criticism for its handling of Native Hawaiian burials from members of burial councils who have called on the Legislature to establish a working group to draw up reforms.
Oahu Island Burial Council Chairwoman Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu laid out several grievances Tuesday against the State Historic Preservation Division, Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.
The division failed to help adequately staff island burial councils and enforce burial site violations and has not provided staff training or developed an inventory of Native Hawaiian burial sites, Wong-Kalu said.
Current and former Mississippi elected officials weigh in on U.S. Capitol breach Nick Ochs, founder of Proud Boys Hawaii, is seen in a brown jacket on the right side of this photo among a group of rioters in the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by: Chris Kleponis/Sipa USA) (Source: Sipa USA) By Courtney Ann Jackson | January 7, 2021 at 9:16 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 10:02 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - We are still talking with both current and former elected officials in Mississippi to get their perspective on what unfolded in Washington Wednesday.
Congressman Bennie Thompson was in the House gallery when the rioters started trying to get in.
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Auburn: The top academic officer at Auburn University is facing a no-confidence vote this week by faculty members over lingering dissatisfaction with his handling of class scheduling around the coronavirus pandemic. The Opelika-Auburn News reports the University Senate is scheduled to meet Tuesday to address complaints against Provost Bill Hardgrave, who is being defended by President Jay Gouge. More than 500 faculty members met in a virtual gathering in November to discuss their concerns about Hardgrave and his insistence on returning to primarily in-person classes in the spring. Economics professor Mike Stern said Wednesday that his concerns still haven’t been adequately addressed. Hardgrave and other officials need to better assess teaching spaces and how to follow health guidelines about social distancing, he said. “I vol