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State trails neighbor on Katrina recovery
By BILL MINOR - Capitol Correspondent
Wed,08/27/08-11:00PM , 209 Reads
JACKSON — In “Coastal Comeback,” the TV documentary assessing progress three years after Katrina produced jointly by Louisiana and Mississippi public broadcasting, Chuck Benvenutti of Bay St.
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Census may bring repeat of remap battle
By BILL MINOR - Capitol Correspondent
Wed,08/20/08-11:00PM , 201 Reads
JACKSON — The unspoken subtext of the Republican effort to unseat House Speaker Billy McCoy last January, many state lawmakers believe, was to control of legislative machinery for reapportioning the Legislature as well as the state’s U.S. House seats after the 2010 federal census.
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Musgrove could end another GOP streak
By BILL MINOR - Capitol Correspondent
Wed,08/13/08-11:00PM , 216 Reads
JACKSON — When he won the Mississippi governorship in 1999, Ronnie Musgrove was regarded nationally as a breakthrough Democrat in Southern politics, which for a decade had been trending Republican and electing GOP governors. In fact, Musgrove had ended an eight-year Republican grip on the Mississippi governor’s office.
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Blind trust’s release has Barbour nervous
By BILL MINOR - Capitol Correspondent
Wed,08/06/08-11:00PM , 206 Reads
JACKSON — Secrecy has been pervasive throughout Haley Barbour’s governance. But it was brought into sharper focus last week when Barbour asked the state Ethics Commission to keep secret the financial holdings in his “blind trust,” covered by a new law he signed four months ago.
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