Less than a month after lawmakers ended their regular session, Gov. Haley Barbour is bringing them back to the Capitol to consider $48.4 million of bond money to lure a powertrain manufacturing and assembly plant to Lowndes County, but he’s not yet naming the company involved.
Barbour set the special session to start at 9 a.m. Friday. He said in a statement Wednesday that he hopes the gathering will be “short and productive.”
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May 8, 2025
Trump agrees to cut tariffs on UK autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain
Thursday's announcement provides a degree of validation for Trump’s claims his approach on trade may be able to rebalance the global economy on his preferred terms.
