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Gov. Phil Bryant stressed the importance of Mississippi’s thriving energy sector in Biloxi today at the Gulf Coast Energy Summit. “Other states envy Mississippi’s role as an energy powerhouse,” Bryant said. “Mississippi has become a model for other states because of our success in developing both traditional and renewable energy sources. “Mississippi is on the…

Congressman Gregg Harper's Election Day Schedule for Tuesday, March 13 (Pearl, Miss.)-On the primary election day, Tuesday, March 13, Congressman Gregg Harper will be voting at his home precinct in Pearl, and will be making other stops in the metro Jackson area: Details of each event are below: Tuesday, March 13: 10:00 A.M. Congressman Gregg Harper to vote at the Springhill Precinct in Pearl which is located at Skyway Hills Church of Christ, 3800 Highway 80 East in Pearl (across from Hinds Community College's Rankin County Campus). 11:30 A.M. Lunch at Hamill's Restaurant, located at 480 Magnolia Street in Madison (just off Highway 51). Congressman Gregg Harper 3/12/12

Presidential campaigns target women voters … Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, whose state is holding a Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, predicted that Mitt Romney will be the winner, largely on the strength of his ratings with women. “Fifty percent of the people voting in this primary will be women,” Bryant said. “Governor Romney has…

GOP Mississippi congressmen face tea party disfavor Some of Mississippi’s Republican members of Congress face opposition Tuesday from people who were supporters two years ago. In 2010, tea party members helped eject Democrats Travis Childers of Booneville and Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis from Congress and elected Republicans Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo and Steven…

Congress ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ Early historian Cassius Dio recorded that Roman emperor Nero sang the “Sack of Ilium” in stage costume as Rome burned in 64 AD. Another account of the event written by Tacitus, however, maintained that the story of Nero playing his lyre and singing while the city burned was only a…

Energy company starting work in Adams County Nine months after former Gov. Haley Barbour introduced an Illinois-based team from Elevance Renewable Sciences to Adams County on a hot June day, work on the ground to prep the former Delta Fuels site for a biorefinery and specialty chemicals operation remains to be seen. The original proposal…

Romney has unannounced dinner with Mississippi backers Attempting to keep expectations in check, Mitt Romney went to dinner outside Jackson Sunday night with top Mississippi Republicans and supporters but did not put the event on his public schedule. Romney and his wife Ann joined Gov Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and a small crowd…

Palazzo has huge advantage in money It appears the two Democrats and two Republicans challenging first term U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo may face an uphill climb. Only one reported any campaign funds, while the incumbent has over $500,000. Palazzo faces Republicans Ron Vincent and Cindy Burleson in the GOP primary Tuesday and Democrats Michael Herrington…

GOP bid down to Southern ‘do or die’ Mississippi has not been “used to mattering” in presidential politics, according to one close observer. But on the heels of hosting 2008’s most important presidential debate, along comes Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary with the potential to alter the course of the 2012 race for the White House.…