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Barbour betting on long shot
By BILL MINOR
Wed,05/04/05-11:00PM , 99 Reads
JACKSON - In their zeal to avoid any hint of a tax increase, Gov. Barbour and his Senate allies evidently are willing to gamble on the state's economy generating enough revenue through existing taxes in the next fiscal year to fund their version of a state budget.
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GOP's biggest lure is money
By BILL MINOR
Wed,04/27/05-11:00PM , 72 Reads
JACKSON - My fellow columnist Sid Salter, in chastising House Democrats for complaining that partisanship is causing legislative deadlock, unintentionally, I'm sure, made the case of why the new party divide, stemming from the GOP's disciplined ranks, has spawned Capitol gridlock.
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Saga of freed slaves fascinating
By BILL MINOR
Wed,04/20/05-11:00PM , 344 Reads
JACKSON - No story carved out of the history of Mississippi is more fascinating than the one of 200 freed slaves from a Jefferson County plantation who were resettled in the new African nation of Liberia.
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Democrats hold seat in House
By BILL MINOR
Wed,04/13/05-11:00PM , 143 Reads
JACKSON - In other days before partisan politics invaded the Mississippi Legislature, last week's special election runoff to fill a vacancy in House District 105 in rural Southeast Mississippi would have gone largely unnoticed.
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