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House energy chair Cockerham sees lucrative jobs, profits by expanding offshore drilling

By L.A. Warren jsumsnews.com Mississippi state Rep. Angela Cockerham, a JSU alum, told an audience of business leaders and lawmakers during the recent Mississippi Economic Council’s Legislative Scrambler that expanding offshore drilling on the Gulf […]

Judge: Mississippi Development Authority study on offshore drilling `severely lacking’

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) – A Hinds County judge says the state must write a better economic impact statement on proposed offshore natural gas and oil exploration in parts of the Mississippi Sound before it can […]