White House looking to flank GOP on healthcare
WASHINGTON — The White House and congressional leaders are preparing a detailed healthcare proposal designed to win passage without Republican support if GOP lawmakers fail to embrace bipartisan...
View ArticleGOP-allied group weighs in with $4 million in ads
WASHINGTON (AP) – A deep-pocketed alliance with ties to top Republicans Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie is pumping more than $4 million into key Senate races in a single week of advertising, a crucial...
View ArticleHarper On Energy
U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper speaks to the 2010 annual business meeting of the U.S. Oil & Gas Association at the King Edward Hotel in Jackson.The post Harper On Energy appeared first on Mississippi...
View ArticleCartoons – December 5, 2011
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View ArticleFORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT — AG concedes legislators likely to decide where...
Mississippi legislators will be the deciders in how to use a $14.2 million direct payment from a $25 billion national mortgage fraud settlement. Attorney General Jim Hood hopes legislators will...
View ArticleIt was a good year for GOP in Mississippi
The past year has been a very good one for Republicans in Mississippi. When the 2012 session of the Mississippi Legislature convened last January, it marked the first time since Reconstruction that...
View ArticleHenry shows others by reaching back and giving
Julius Caesar is quoted as saying, “Experience is the teacher of all things.” For leaders, this means that each day is the opportunity to learn, grow, and become a better leader. We can learn from the...
View ArticleReeves wins election
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves has been elected vice chairman of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association. He will serve as chairman of the organization during the crucial 2014 election cycle. The RLGA is...
View ArticleCARTOON — Ricky Nobile takes a look at the Tea Party’s Chris McDaniel
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View ArticleCARTOON — Ricky Nobile takes a look at flip-flopping politicians
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View ArticleFarm Bill and Sen. Thad Cochran are important to Mississippi
How important is the Farm Bill to Mississippi? The answer is the same as for this question – how important are farms and forestry to Mississippi’s economy? Well, 65 percent of Mississippi’s 30 million...
View ArticleEx-Democrat Taylor cleared to run in primary as Republican
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Former Democratic Mississippi congressman Gene Taylor will stay on the Republican primary ballot opposing incumbent U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo. After a closed meeting of the...
View ArticleTORT REFORM: Caps averted liability crisis but was the price diminished...
A lengthy special-session rumble at the Mississippi Capitol in late spring 2004 gave the state a civil justice revamp the Wall Street Journal called “the most comprehensive tort reform law” any state...
View ArticleMcDaniel, Cochran camps continue to throw barbs
JACKSON — Republican primary challenger Chris McDaniel said yesterday that longtime U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is “one of the biggest spenders in Washington” and is out of touch with Mississippi. “Sen....
View ArticleSantorum, Palin backing McDaniel over Cochran
WASHINGTON — The Mississippi state lawmaker who is challenging longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran is picking up help from some high-profile conservative darlings just in time for next week’s...
View ArticleBarbour warns of divisions in Republican party
NEW ORLEANS — Even as Republicans preach the need for solidarity, divisions between the tea party and the GOP establishment are clear at a national conservative summit. Former Republican Party Chairman...
View ArticleCochran displays calm during ugly campaign against McDaniel
HATTIESBURG — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is in the fight of his political life in a brutal, too-personal Republican primary that has drawn his bedridden wife into the melee and resulted in criminal charges...
View ArticleBlack voters turn out to support Cochran in primary
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Black Mississippians who may usually vote Democratic are trying to swing a primary victory toward six-term incumbent Republican Sen. Thad Cochran by casting ballots in their...
View ArticlePalazzo defeats Taylor in 4th Congressional District primary
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Steven Palazzo has won the Republican nomination in Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District. Palazzo, a 44-year-old two-term incumbent from Biloxi, defeated four challengers...
View ArticleTea party rallying to help McDaniel’s cash-strapped campaign
JACKSON — National tea party groups are divvying up the nuts and bolts of campaigning as they rush to boost Republican Chris McDaniel’s effort to deny Sen. Thad Cochran a seventh term representing...
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