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From NPR… Mitt Romney’s stilted efforts to relate to Dixie voters by tossing off a few “y’alls” and references to grits have been roundly mocked as awkward pandering. And rightfully so, says political scientist Marvin King, who cringed at the GOP candidate’s sprinkling of vernacular and Southern stereotypes into his patter during appearances in Mississippi…

Congressman Palazzo will be at the following locations and times on the day of the Mississippi primary election: EVENT: Congressman Palazzo votes TIME: 7:30 AM LOCATION: New Popps Ferry Road, 1636 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi EVENT: Mak’s Truck Stop TIME: 9:30 AM LOCATION: 2102 Highway 11, Petal, MS 39465 EVENT: Heritage House TIME: Noon –…

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Editors note: Scruggs counsel compares his plight for home detention with Joey Langston. Langston cooperated with the Government. Scruggs most assuredly did not and still remains defiant. PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR HOME DETENTION PRIOR TO AND DURING THE HEARING Petitioner respectfully requests that this Court order that Petitioner be confined in his home in Oxford and…

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…