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May 9, 2016

Trent Lott: ‘Partisan warrior’ was a destructive attitude that led to not getting anything done

Mississippi Republican Trent Lott wasn’t known for hugging Democrats and singing “Kumbaya” as U.S. Senate majority leader “Times were different then,” Lott said. “You know, we did work together. And we got a lot of things done. I’ve been accused of being a dealmaker. I plead guilty. What that means to me is get something…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 9, 2016

MINOR: Thank goodness for Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney

Bill Minor: Mike Chaney is Mississippi GOP’s truth-teller Thank goodness for state Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. He’s one Republican state official with the guts to tell the truth about how his fellow Republicans who control the Legislature have massacred the state’s general fund budget. Instead of merely trimming agency budgets, the Legislature “cut down the…