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PSC issues $420,000 fine for telemarketing

Mississippi regulators have ordered a company named Tailbone Security to pay $420,000 for violating the state’s ban on unwanted telemarketing.

Commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday, June 4 to impose the penalty against Tailbone, which is based in Boynton Beach, Fla.

It’s the latest in a series of large fines that the Public Service Commission has issued for companies that violate the state’s prohibition on calling people who have registered their phone numbers to get telemarketers to stop calling. […]

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PSC asks court to block Miss. Power rate increase

JACKSON – (AP) Regulators want the Mississippi Supreme Court to block Mississippi Power Co.'s attempt to raise rates. Mississippi Power has appealed the Public Service Commission's denial of a rate increase that would allow it […]