AG forms foreclosure prevention group

Two former Columbia police officers have been arrested for conspiracy to transfer controlled substances, Attorney General Jim Hood said Tuesday.
 
“Drug dealing is a scourge to our communities and families,” Hood said.  “It is especially disturbing when law enforcement officers are charged with violating the very laws they are sworn to uphold.”
 
Michael Steven Bullock, 35, of Hattiesburg and Herbert Cocroft, 45, of Sumrall were arrested Monday, June 24, at their respective homes after indictment by the Marion County Grand Jury.  Bullock was indicted on two counts of conspiracy to transfer controlled substances, and Cocroft was indicted on one count. […]

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican governor and Democratic attorney general are asking a federal judge to uphold the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The state made the request in court papers Monday, responding to […]

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has joined 39 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products.

Hood says in a news release Wednesday that the FDA should place restrictions on the advertising and ingredients of the popular, highly-addictive product, and prohibit its sale to minors… […]