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BRIAN PERRY - Reeves: ‘We’re not raising taxes’
Charlie Mitchell - Media dynamic changing for state government fans
CottonMouth - Eyes of beer lovers across Mississippi now on Rep. Jeff Smith (R - Columbus)
House gives Mississippi Attorney General cold shoulder
John Arthur Eaves Jr. to sue cruise ship owner over wreck in Italy
Miss. Health Dept. seeks $6 million increase in funding as it spends down reserve accounts
Miss. Democrats vent displeasure over 2011 campaign tactics
Steve Holland introduces bill to rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America
FEMA prepares to mail Katrina disaster aid waivers
Austin Barbour gets another national mention speaking for Mitt Romney to the press
Clarion Ledger editorial attempts to set up Jim Hood to be a martyr over outside counsel bill
Mississippi Matters
Governor Phil Bryant decides not to grant clemency for Edwin Hart Turner
MS State Senate approves bill to consolidate failing Sunflower County School Districts
MS GOP posts information about their caucus and county conventions
AG Jim Hood warns of possibility of “corruption” if HB 122 (the Sunshine Act) passes
Wicker, Pryor (D-Ark.) Seek to Increase Access to Duck Stamps Online
Wapo Report questions spending of Thompson, Wicker
Commissioning of USS Mississippi moved to Pascagoula
Baria & 2 other Democrats requested pardons, then slammed Barbour over pardons
Henry Barbour, now backing Romney, says Santorum should be on VP short list
The Health Care Trust Fund headed to a zero balance
Mississippi businesses invited to trade mission to Israel
WAPO Earmark investigation: Bennie Thompson on Bolton, Miss., road improvement
NMC - The rest of the papers on the Barbour pardons
NMC has the latest on documents in the pardon case
MBJ video captures Lt. Governor Tate Reeves throwing down the gauntlet
House panel snubs Hood’s effort to testify on bill
YP - Emily Pettus is reaching and just gets the facts flat out wrong in her most recent piece
Student financial aid could be cut
POLITCO - Barbour to 2012ers: Purity is a loser
Cochran aide - Deficits to effect Farm bill
Surprise! Jim Hood declines comment to CNN on pardons
Judge Temporarily Blocks Mississippi Execution
New legislators expect busy session
Roll Call - No Real Challenges for Mississippi Members
Lt. Gov. Reeves noncommittal on call for local school districts to tap reserves
Video - Tate Reeves: Fiscally Fit
Thompson tows the liberal line
Brett Kittridge takes the reins as MS GOP Communications Director
Governor Haley Barbour Remarks to Celebrate President Ronald Reagan’s 101st Birthday - 2/6/12
Corder - Remove the buffer of school board appointments
New rules, drug tests proposed for public aid in Miss.
DJ - Tupelo gives Nunnelee biggest financial boost
McDaniel - Medicaid reform is truly an urgent need
SH - Cantor: Palazzo is a ‘true patriot’
Gary Pettus for CL News - Would tax hike on millionaires help Miss.?
SH Editorials - Bryant and Reeves both take hard look at the bottom line
SALTER - Numbers show the true state priorities
SH - Bryant: Cut the budgets, sell the jet
Rep. Kevin McGee told to repay the state $346K
Natchez leaders head to D.C.
AP Analysis: Lawmakers in hurry-up and fete
MS-01 candidate Brad Morris (D) touts Daily Journal article about him
Cantor, Palazzo talk hard issues, feel the love in Gulfport
Cochran and Wicker vote to preserve future earmark powers
Bill Minor attacks Gunn’s committee appointments, says legislature more partisan
AP - Gov. Phil Bryant aims to stretch Medicaid by payment changes
House passes protection act for children
Diamondhead to celebrate incorporation
PSC issuing rural water subpoenas
DeSoto County makes ozone case in Washington next week
Petition to oust Greg Davis as Mayor of Southaven begins to circulate online
YP - A proud member of the 1%
YP - Austin Barbour’s name is being mentioned a lot in the ‘Mitt Romney for President’ effort
Governor Phil Byrant appoints State Aid Engineer
Statement from Secretary Hosemann on Proposed Congressional Redistricting Map
Hood sees his shadow
Clarion Ledger (not surprisingly) thinks Gov. Phil Bryant’s budget won’t fly
Commercial Appeal - Reeves backs charter schools
Charlie Mitchell - Gov. Phil Bryant will head effort to harvest offshore energy
Education plan outlined
Henry Ross talks to Clay County Republicans and complains about Rep. Alan Nunnelee
Charter schools gain traction
CL - Lt. gov. reveals session priorities
Cantor to stump for Palazzo in Gulfport
Video - Lt. Gov. Reeves highlights legislative agenda for 2012 session
Pickering audit leads to guilty plea in Madison County
Tupelo Tea Party buys pro-Henry Ross ad in the Lee County Courier
Miss. Supreme Court stays Jim Hood’s pardon lawsuit, sets hearing
Lt. Gov Tate Reeves announces his 2012 legislative agenda
Brandon Jones - School districts have hard time saving
SALTER - Outside counsel fight remains a political cold war
State urged to push broadband into rural areas
Trent Lott calls for a return to earmarks
L.A. Times - Republicans say consumer chief controversy will hurt businesses
Mississippi editorial roundup
Mississippi Supreme Court justices may eye Barbour’s pardons
Palazzo - President’s Cuts Endanger Security
MS Democratic Trust complains about budgeting process
Congressman Alan Nunnelee (MS-1) responds to CBO Report
SOS Delbert Hosemann statement on Governor Phil Bryant’s EBR
Rep. Alan Nunnelee (MS-1) and challenger Henry Ross raise early funds
MS Governor Phil Bryant recommends budget with no new taxes, no deficits and even a savings plan
Movin’ on up!
MS Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker cosponsor bill for Keystone Pipeline to Gulf refineries
Work on 2 private Gautier properties being investigated by state auditor
SecNav Mabus affirms green energy plan at Harvard
CL Editorial - Move cautiously on Charter Schools
Welfare bill ties programs to community service
Baria introduces beer bill
Mayor Greg Davis says he won’t resign
Miss. Senators 2 of 44 Introducing Legislation To Approve Keystone XL Pipeline
AG Jim Hood press release on Haley Barbour and the pardon issue
YP BREAKING - Appeal to MS Supreme Court to enforce Haley Barbour pardons
MEC video of Speaker Philip Gunn at MEC’s Capital Day
SALTER - Merit pay plan for teachers has a long political pedigree
Could MS be in play in the Republican primary?  Rep. Gregg Harper thinks maybe so.
Legislators seem unconcerned about growing tort reform cases
Governor’s Mansion makeover: Work to cost $425K
Defense cuts could affect Ingalls
Bryant salutes work of racial reconciliation group
Kingfish shreds on CottonMouth
New evidence of dirty dealing by Mayor Greg Davis in Southaven
Clarion Ledger - See The Spending website lauded
Bill Minor -  ‘Salter is carrying water for the Republicans’
Sun Herald on Gene Taylor’s trip to D.C.
Harper produces evidence on Obama - Familiar Rhetoric
MS Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann endorses Mitt Romney for President
McCullough - MISO a good partner for Mississippi’s energy future
State high court suspends, fines Lee judge
Charter schools, school choice explored
CL - Abstinence only sex-ed causing high teen-pregnancy
Accused priest killer dies, lawyer still pursues Jim Hood over campaign ad
Wicker to boycott Cordray hearing to protest Obama ‘recess’ appointments
New hospital groundbreaking details announced in Choctaw County
US Airways to offer new non-stop flight to D.C.
ZNN - Politics may complicate federal court pick to replace the late Judge Allen Pepper
1/26/12 MBP Quorum featuring Sen. David Blount and Rep. David Baria
Push on for Miss. charter schools
Harrison - No action on redistricting, but it’s on ‘radar screen’
Governor, Legislature on a health kick
Madison County delegation to seek federal support
MDOT halts funding for Southaven projects over Davis probe
Nunnelee monitors USDA decision to close Desoto Farm Service Agency
Gene Taylor makes trips to bid Giffords farewell
Opinion - Recent political appointments a plus for Lowndes
Sun Herald Ed Board - Gunn’s actions speak well of him
Democrats struggle to reconcile their new role
Gov. Phil Bryant snags his first economic development win - Foley Products to open in Prentiss
MS Republicans Praise Gov. Phil Bryant’s State of the State
State Democratic Party issues release on SOTU - support Barack Obama’s agenda
Coast is well represented in state house
Hosemann eyes worker tax credits
Wicker hammers Obama on economy
Mississippi lawmakers call for economic growth, as president focuses on economic fairness
City of Jackson agrees to pay man for wrongful imprisonment
Hattiesburg American - Bryant delivers first State of the State
Crawford - Tate Reeves and Philip Gunn embrace Democrats
Summary of recent Mississippi newspaper editorials
Rep. Gregg Harper (MS-3) responds to President Obama’s SOTU address
HuffPo - Haley Barbour on mission to boot Obama
House Democrat response to State of the State by Rep. Bobby Moak
Harper - Democrats should produce budget
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant’s 2012 State of the State speech
Oliver Diaz and Rep. Ed Blackmon support former Governor Haley Barbour’s pardons
RNC Chairman Priebus Congratulates Newly Elected Chairman of the MSGOP Joe Nosef
Rep. Steven Palazzo (MS-4) featured in video from House Armed Service Committee members to Obama
Barbour: Newt deserves credit for the 1990s
Bryant calls for strategy to curb teen pregnancies
Realtors endorse Nunnelee
BP Claims - Gulf lawmakers hoping for Obama mention in State of the Union
Palazzo to host reception for Eric Cantor
Bryant improves ‘state of the state’
Attorneys react to pardon injunction hearing
Daily Journal commends Gunn
YP - Former Governor Haley Barbour files amicus brief in pardon dispute
Judge to rule on Haley Barbour’s pardons
Cultural change needed to improve education in Mississippi
SH - From babies to beer, new bills in hopper
Vague advice threatens dozens of Barbour’s pardons
Majority - Democrats sound-off about committee assignments
Coast’s lawmakers named to powerful positions
Steve Holland “disappointed” he’s not a chairman
Wicker to EPA - Fracking study deserves more rigorous standards
Gov. Phil Bryant cutting costs in office
AP Analysis: Religion ever present at Miss. Capitol
Video - Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves discusses state economic briefing, fiscal outlook
Jennings to chair Military Affairs
CL op-ed fawns over Jim Hood saying ‘Attorney general hiring a bargain’
CL - AG Jim Hood’s office helped advise on pardons - may be conflicted in legal fight
Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney recognizes Tate Reeves and other officials who have endorsed him
Gov. Phil Bryant’s inaugural parade set for Saturday 1/21 has been cancelled due to weather
MS POLITICAL PULSE - Gunn should be “commended” for keeping his word
MAJORITY’s Look At House Committee Assignments
YP FLASH - Full House Committee Listings
The most bipartisan, inclusive committee appointments in the history of the Mississippi House
Major redistricting ruling at SCOTUS - they reject judge drawn maps in TX - big implications for MS
Cottonmouth - House Committee Appointments Made
After the most bi-partisan House committee assignments in a generation, House Democrats complain
YP FLASH - Jeff Smith named House Ways & Means Chair
YP FLASH - House Speaker Philip Gunn has huge bipartisan slate
Judge rules to clarify earlier decision on oil spill lawyers’ fees
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant ends use of trusties
SH - Business leaders optimistic about 2012
Mansion trusties booted
Lawmakers told economy on mend
Sen. Cochran re-thinking support of anti-piracy proposal
Wicker and Cochran oppose President’s ruling on the Keystone XL
Experts say Miss. economy ‘feeble’ but slowly recovering
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves urges caution on budget expenditures
CRISP - Gov. Bryant’s team
YP Report: PERS discussion still needed
Majority recaps congressional field
Southaven stops paying stipend to mayor Greg Davis
Perry to end presidential candidacy, expected to endorse Newt Gingrich
Brian Perry - Keep the pardon
Haley Barbour column in WAPO - Why I released 26 prisoners
Ross kicks off DeSoto campaign
Miss. Senate off to fast start
A Sid Salter column you won’t see linked on Cottonmouth
MAJORITY - Sunshine Legislation A Long Time Coming
Miss. hospitals won’t try to kill tax for Medicaid
Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS-3) disagrees with President Obama’s denial of Keystone pipeline
Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R) visits Red Hills mine in Ackerman, MS to talk energy policy
Obama hits a twofer - by denying Keystone, he keeps unemployment and oil prices higher at once
12 of Barbour’s pardons won’t be challenged
UPDATE - Hood seeks resolution of federal claim on settlement funds
‘We went whole hog this year’
DJ - Ross says he’s the true conservative
SALTER - Democrats ignore history of GOP trying to change outside counsel rule
SH - Bryant passes first test with high marks
Lt Gov Reeves Picks Senate Committee Chiefs
Ex-Cochran aide faces jail for violating probation
Harper applauds USSC decision
Bryant to give State of the State speech next week
Barbour: Proposed Miss. pardon limits take away hope
Dickie Scruggs gets approval from Judge Davidson for special transport to his 3/26 hearing
Unsealed documents from Joey Langston’s case
Judge unseals documents from Joey Langston’s case for Dickie Scruggs’ petition
Romney’s Rivals Fizzle in South Carolina
Mississippi Democratic Trust ‘starts work in earnest,’ plans to name key staffers
State plans teacher evaluation system
Crisp -  What’s ahead for Beer bills?
Hampton - Barbour’s pardons shouldn’t alter power
CL - Bryant on right track in pardon issue
All Incumbents Will Face Opponents In 2012
MS Democratic Trust tries to defend AG Jim Hood with YouTube vid
Dickie Scruggs makes transportation request; doesn’t want to be gone long because of his students
House Dems issue presser - they’re upset because they no longer set the agenda
JJ - Bill to limit outside attorneys fees filed
Henry Ross puts out first radio ad in MS-1 race
MBJ - Justice Department opposes fees awarded to oil spill lawyers
Bryant to change trusty system
McDaniel - Miss. Republicans still face many challenges
YP - Shouldn’t a PSC Commish be worried about your utility rates instead of pardons?
MS Press uncovers ‘serial candidate’ among Dems challenging Steven Palazzo
Jackson area arena study lacks funds
New law helps suspend teachers for sexual misconduct
Mayor Greg Davis’ no-bid contract upsets taxpayers
Baria is pushing for legislation to change pardons
Most Minority Voters Rejected Miss. Voter ID Bill, Study Finds
NYT - Despite Uproar Over Clemency, Barbour Finds Lucrative Nest
Barbour on Fox News discussing pardons
Phil Bryant spends $6.3 million in Miss. governor’s race
Ross Schedules Tuesday Kickoff in Columbus, Tupelo and Eupora
Pause, Reflect… Act
YP Flash: Congressional Qualifying Closed, Races Set
Haley Barbour makes comments on pardons
YP Flash: Taylor won’t run in MS 4, per SunHerald
YP Flash: Dem Sen. Jackson (SD 11) seeks to add “knowingly” and “willfully” to statutory rape law
OPINION - Haley Barbour Was Right to Issue Those Pardons
3 of 4 House members, Sen. Roger Wicker, to face both primary and general election races
Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott To Speak at New Bipartisan Policy Center ’
YP EXCLUSIVE - A big glitch early in the Henry Ross campaign for MS-1
Travis Childers’ chief of staff files to challenge Rep. Alan Nunnelee in MS-1 and avenge 2010 loss
Majority - Democrats Get A Candidate In MS-01
Bill Minor - Mississippi House has always been a ‘no party’ body
Bryant supports amendment on limiting clemency
YP Flash: Liberals form Mississippi Democratic Trust
Barbour’s pardons
PERRY - Bryant transitions to governor
MBJ - Chamber says it reimbursed Greg Davis for expenses
SH - Habitual offenders, husbands top list of murderers pardoned
Clarion Ledger newspiece on the latest on former Governor’s pardons
PSC approves costs rate decrease
AP: Study shows 75 percent of non-white voters against voter ID
MAJORITY - A Look At Senior House Members
Ronnie Shows - Obama Must Rein in EPA
AP - GOP moves to ensure control of money committees
NMC - More Notes on Gov. Barbour’s last day pardons: The homicide cases
Miss. judge blocks release of convicts granted pardons, clemency by outgoing governor
Barbour makes statement on Pardon scandal
Hood tries to stop some pardons
Barbour joins Butler Snow law firm
MSGOP - Joe Nosef is unanimously elected as MSGOP Chairman
CNN is pummeling Haley Barbour on pardons
MAJORITY - Proposed Rules For Money Committees
DuVall and Ross seek party nominations for U.S. House
Statement from Auditor Stacey Pickering who is the Romney Chairman in Mississippi
Brig. General Leon Collins tapped to head MS National Guard
Crawford - Barksdale appointment a home run
House rules change proposed
NYT - Barbour, Already Criticized on Pardons, Rides a Wave of Them Out of Office
Bryant’s message called ‘encouraging’
CL - Bryant outlines his vision for Mississippi’s future
Flowers says DeSoto in good position
Hood asks for death penalty for killer
AP Analysis: Miss. Gov. Bryant focuses on unity in inaugural speech
Clarion Ledger gives high marks to Gov. Bryant’s inauguration speech
ROLL CALL - Barbour rejoins BGR Group
Text of Governor Phil Bryant’s Inaugural Speech
YP FLASH - Rep. Mark Formby on Gallo signals rules fix in the House
Louisiana AG fights plaintiff attorneys over BP funds
AP - Phil Bryant’s road to the governor’s mansion started with a defeat
Pascagoula Sen. Michael Watson proposes drug testing welfare recipients
Roll Call - Henry Ross Goes for GOP Rematch Against Alan Nunnelee in Mississippi
Estes, Ross qualify for congress
Palazzo talks military cuts, drilling
Bad weather could change Bryant’s inaugural Today
State Democrats seek changes with pardons
AP - Miss. Gov. Barbour pardons 4 killers
Bryant names several top administration leaders
Henry Ross slings rhetoric in his bid to unseat Rep. Alan Nunnelee in MS-1
MAJORITY - Last Week To Qualify For 2012
Murder Victim’s Family Angry Over Barbour’s Pardon
Barbour left a positive mark on Mississippi
Sun Herald wraps up last week’s Legislative session
SH - Social media will be critical to political futures
CL - Ag museum exec takes down-to-earth approach
Wicker - Gov’t rules hurt U.S. lumber industry
Thad Cochran visits Tunisia
Hattiesburg American - Palazzo a strong candidate in MS-04
Barbour does 2-minute drill on PERS
Wyatt Emmerich explains the rise of NJAM and goofs on its nemesis
Ag Commish Cindy Hyde-Smith to focus on jobs
Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R) has another lesser known challenger enter the race
Speaker Pro Tem Greg Snowden reviews first week of Legislature
Pender on Senate committees - South Mississippi fares well
Southaven’s Board asks Mayor Davis to resign
MDA seeking comments on opening state waters for oil and gas drilling
The new committee appointments in the Tate Reeves’ Senate
YP FLASH - Entire Listing of Senate Commitees
YP FLASH - Entire Listing of Senate Commitees
Senate Committee Chairs Listed
New day of leadership begins for Mississippi
Reeves - Education, jobs key
Democratic challenger enters contest for Palazzo’s seat
Palazzo files papers to seek re-election
Weiner files paperwork for Senatorial run against Wicker
The Hill - In farewell speech, Haley Barbour pushes for online sales tax
Miss. Senators work to stop regulation of farm youth labor
Harper’s MASON Life program featured on MSNBC
Deanne Mosley named head of MS State Personnel Board
Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves’ speech to the joint session of the MS Legislature
Rep. Bobby Moak address to MEC on Capitol Day
MS Dems conduct workshops
MS Romney Co-Chair Stacey Pickering and Finance Chair Randy James comment on Iowa
Womack says he won’t stay on as MEMA chief
Henry Barbour hopes Rick Perry gains momentum in the South
HALEYWATCH Round-up - Final address; agenda; building name changed for Barbour
Trent Lott slams Obama over recess appointments
Education fight to continue
Gov. Barbour delivers final address to Mississippi Legislature
Candidates line up for March 13 Miss. primaries
Tate Reeves On Speaker Gunn
In a move long expected, Joe Nosef will replace Arnie Hederman as MSGOP Chair
COTTONMOUTH - Rules and Management Committee members named in House
FireMcCoy: The end of our campaign is here; Thank You all
YP FLASH - Jim Barksdale to be interim head of MDA
On cue, within hours of YP post, the MS Democratic party updates website after six month absence