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February 23, 2012

The Mississippi Charter Schools Bill SB2401 passes without amendment on Senate floor 34-17

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/SB/SB2401.xml BRYANT WELCOMES THE SENATE’S PASSAGE OF CHARTER SCHOOL BILL Gov. Phil Bryant commends the Senate for passing legislation to allow for public charter schools. Bryant has long been a proponent of public charter schools, observing such schools in West Helena, Ark. and New Orleans, La. during the past four years. In his inaugural State…
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February 22, 2012

Barbour: Contested GOP Convention Unlikely But Possible

Barbour: Contested GOP Convention Unlikely But Possible Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, an influential GOP power broker, tells National Review Online that a contested convention is a possible, though “highly unlikely,” scenario. “There is an outside chance, unlikely though it is, that you could get to the convention and have three or four candidates still…