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March 30, 2012

CL features up and comers like Rep. Toby Barker, Mick Bullock, Rebekah Staples and Tray Hairston

Young blood in state government: Doors open for hard-workers Mississippi’s small size, the family atmosphere of the South and the willingness of young people to work long hours for relatively low salaries lend to an abundance of opportunity for newly minted politicians or staffers, according to political junkies. Consider Rebekah Staples, 26, director of policy…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 30, 2012

Workers’ Comp reform bill passes Mississippi House 60-56

House flips on worker comp Tempers ran high among some Democrats after the vote, with Rep. Bob Evans, D-Monticello, getting into a scuffle with Rep Bennett Malone, D-Carthage. Malone was one of three Democrats, along with Ken Morgan of Morgantown and Jody Steverson of Ripley, who changed their earlier “no” votes to “yes.” Reps. Jeff…