Thursday - May 22, 2025
News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Friday May 09, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Contracts for May 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 8, 2025 NAVY Aptim Federal Services LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (N62473-25-D-2211); ECC Expeditionary Constructors LLC,* Burlingame, California (N62473-25-D-2212); Energy Solutions Federal Support LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah (N62473-25-D-2213); Insight Tidewater LLC,* Brea, California (N62473-25-D-2214); ITP America LLC, Brea, California (N62473-25-D-2215); and Perma-Fix ERRG Services,* Oak   more

Miss. Secretary of State Michael Watson Opens Investigations Into Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis
JACKSON, Mississippi, May 9 -- Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Secretary Michael Watson Opens Investigations Into Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) And Glass Lewis JACKSON, Miss - The Office of the Mississippi Secretary of State has opened investigations into two of the nation's largest proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis. The Securities Division is investigating   more

Mississippi State Auditor's Office Makes Arrest as Part of Operation Payback
JACKSON, Mississippi, May 9 -- The Mississippi State Auditor issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * Auditor's Office Makes Arrest as Part of Operation Payback Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Special Agents from his office have arrested Benjamin Coleman as part of a detailed investigation into unemployment compensation fraud called Operation Payback. Coleman allegedly submitted falsified weekly certification sheets to obtain unemployment funds from the Mississip  more

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab: Fragmentation Experiment Reveals Surprising Fractured Symmetry
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, May 9 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * Fragmentation Experiment Reveals Surprising Fractured Symmetry An experiment shows that assumptions about how quark flavor influences fragmentation don't always hold true NEWPORT NEWS, VA - From the powdered wings of a butterfly to the icy spines of a snowflake, symmetry is a common feature in nature. This often even holds true down to the smallest bits o  more