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March 29, 2012

Hood drops challenge over Barbour’s veto, claims victory

Hood drops challenge over Barbour’s veto, claims victory A legal challenge to Gov. Haley Barbour’s partial veto of a 2009 appropriations bill for the Highway Patrol has been dismissed. The Mississippi Supreme Court, in an order issued Tuesday, said both sides had agreed to end the litigation. The Supreme Court did not address any of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 29, 2012

Bryant says he’s ‘baffled’ by opposition to immigration-enforcement bill

Bryant says he’s ‘baffled’ by some opposition to immigration-enforcement bill Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he doesn’t understand some of the opposition that’s developed to an immigration-enforcement bill, particularly from businesses that say they don’t hire illegal immigrants, anyway. “If they’re not hiring illegal immigrants I am baffled as to why they think this law…