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Still fighting for hurricane relief
By BILL MINOR
Wed,04/04/07-11:00PM , 211 Reads
JACKSON - Those of us upstate don't pay attention - and we certainly should - to what is happening now in the Democratically controlled Congress to help Gulf Coast Katrina victims recover, especially to get out of FEMA trailers into decent housing.
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Legislative contests will be intense
By BILL MINOR
Wed,03/28/07-11:00PM , 212 Reads
JACKSON - Get ready, Mississippi, for the thundering herd of 300 candidates roaming the state this summer and fall, seeking the 174 seats in the state Legislature.
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Barbour's tent isn't so big
By BILL MINOR
Wed,03/21/07-11:00PM , 118 Reads
JACKSON - Marty Wiseman, director of the Stennis Institute of Government, is seen by many as the neutral arbiter of politics in Mississippi. But he went out of bounds in recent comments that characterized Democrats as the bad guys and Republicans the good guys in enforcing party loyalty.
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Is Legislature just a lapdog?
By BILL MINOR
Wed,03/14/07-11:00PM , 87 Reads
JACKSON - Friend Martin T. Smith of Poplarville, for 20 years one of the bright lights of the Mississippi Senate (1968-88), has reminded members of the current Senate that they have remedies in their rules to pry loose the pigeon-holed tobacco/grocery tax bill.
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