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University plan may be illegal under Ayers
Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that sought to rectify inequalities between Mississippi's institutions based on race, said Barbour's proposal goes against everything the state has been trying to accomplish ...
White House
Bill Ayers
Bennie Thompson
2 plead guilty in cig case
Jerry Burke, 67, of Tupelo and Randy Benham, 43, of Cordova, Tenn., waived indictment and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper in Greenville to carrying out a scheme to defraud federal and state governments, making false monthly tobacco reports ...
Other
What's going on with Tim Balducci?
Timothy Balducci, the Scruggs scandal co-defendant who turned informant, is still in the Monroe County jail, according to Monroe County Jail Administrator Danny Starks.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site said Monday Balducci was not in Bureau of ...
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Wicker, other GOPers, take Napolitano to task
WASHINGTON - Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and 11 Republican colleagues took issue today with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's recent remarks on immigration.
Speaking to the Center for American Progress on Nov. 13, Napolitano touted ...
Congress
Washington, D.C
Homeland Security
Wicker - Bringing NY terrorist suspect to trial in U.S. doesn't make sense
"Think of what jeopardy it puts the court officials [and jurors] in...," Wicker notes. "How would you like to be chosen a juror in a terrorist trial in civilian court and have to be watching over your shoulder for the ...
World
General David Petraeus
Afghanistan
Ex-Gov. Mabus is ready for his closeup on ‘NCIS’
The most popular television show in the country has a special guest tonight — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, who has a cameo on “NCIS” at 7 p.m. on CBS.
“NCIS,” which stands for Naval Criminal Investigative ...
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CBS
Washington, D.C
Another one! Order of Dismissal entered following Joint Stipulation of Dismissal filed by Dick Scruggs and E.A. Renfroe
Slabbed
11/23/9
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PETTUS - Agency mergers in Barbour's proposal
On Monday, Barbour called for a 12 percent budget markdown for most agencies in his $5.5 billion budget recommendation for fiscal 2011.
Some of the governor's targets include:
The Department of Banking and Consumer Finance. It would fold ...
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Haley Barbour
Barbour - "We need to treat the president respectfully"
One crucial factor, governors said, is wooing independent voters who backed Mr. Obama last year but voted by about 2-to-1 margins in gubernatorial races for Robert McDonnell in Virginia and Chris Christie in New Jersey.
Mississippi ...
White House
Haley Barbour
Virginia Foxx
Barack Obama
Republican National Committee
Budget: Look at reorganization
Barbour has made his point. It is indeed shocking that the state could be facing a $715 million budget shortfall in the next fiscal year and a potential $1.2 billion hole for the 2012 fiscal year. Whatever course is taken to balance the budget will not be easy. ...
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Haley Barbour
Barbour taking hits for '11 gov candidates
A term-limited Gov. Haley Barbour knows he's getting politically hammered for his explosive budget proposal that landed with a thud audible from here to Plantersville.
But critics need to know this: The governor doesn't care what they think. He's ...
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Haley Barbour
Republican National Committee
SH - From 2,000 to 100 school districts?
Considering that Mississippi once had more than 2,000 public school districts, Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to reduce the number from 152 down to 100 might not seem so monumental a task.
Until you look back down the road consolidation has taken. ...
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Haley Barbour
George Will
Analysis: Barbour's Budget Sure to Spark Activism
In releasing his budget proposal last week, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour might've tapped into his own version of economic stimulus.
Call it the Lobbyist Full Employment Act of 2010.
Barbour announced a wide range of ideas that ...
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Haley Barbour
Fewer lawmaker trips due to budget crisis
Senate leaders have eliminated all taxpayer-funded out-of-state travel for the rest of the fiscal year.
Meanwhile, the House is considering a proposal to limit its members to one out-of-state trip each this fiscal year, said House Management ...
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Foreclosure Crisis
RightofMississippi - Luckett fumbles on unemployment
Bill Luckett’s campaign for governor continues bush-league mistakes. In an interview with Ole Miss student journalists he rightfully says, “Right now the biggest problem seems to be jobs.” Before you can tackle a problem, you have to have ...
Other
Wicker Rejects Administration Claim that Legalizing Illegal Immigrants will Help U.S. Economy
WASHINGTON – Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., joined with several colleagues today in rejecting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s claim that legalizing illegal immigrants ...
Congress
Nunnelee For Congress Release - Where are the jobs?
Tupelo, MS… Congressman Travis Childers voted for President Obama and Nancy Pelosi’s $787 billion stimulus package saying it would create 9000 jobs in the First Congressional District. Recently he claimed it’s ‘working.’ But the number of ...
Congress
Travis Childers
Nancy Pelosi
NYT slams Thad Cochran over Credi Card vote block
Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 months to end the deceptive predatory practices outlawed in the spring in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act. ...
Congress
Thad Cochran
BARBOUR wants Kay B. Hutchison to stay in D.C.
CEDAR CREEK, Tex. -- Given that this year's Republican Governors Association meeting is taking place here in Texas, reporters today asked RGA Chairman Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, to weigh in on the Rick Perry-vs.-Kay Bailey ...
Congress
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Barnes
Washington, D.C
Haley Barbour
Republican National Committee
NYT - A Tilt Away From Social Issues - GOP govs. are optimistic
After two bleak years, Republican governors gathered here on Thursday to assess their political future — and they liked what they saw. With 37 governors’ seats open in 2010, the party is looking to topple some big-name ...
