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January 13, 2012

Bill Minor – Mississippi House has always been a ‘no party’ body

Mississippi House has always been a ‘no party’ body For the first time in 137 years there are more members of the Mississippi House (long considered the “Peoples” house) with R behind their names than those with Ds. That, however, may be just a cosmetic difference in the state’s legislative history rather than an ideological…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 13, 2012

Bryant supports amendment on limiting clemency

Bryant supports amendment on limiting clemency Mississippi’s new Republican governor backs tightening the rules on pardons after his predecessor, one-time presidential hopeful Haley Barbour, sparked controversy by granting clemency to more than 200 convicts in his final days in office. Governor Phil Bryant, who served as Barbour’s lieutenant governor and who took office on Tuesday,…