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January 20, 2012

Cottonmouth – House Committee Appointments Made

Committee appointments made Transportation chair is Robert Johnson Universities – Nolan Mettetal Ways & Means chair is Jeff Smith Wildlife chair is Scott Bounds Workforce Development chair is Donnie “Mississippi Judas” Bell John Hines named to chair Family Affairs or whatever they’ve decided to call it. CottonMouth 1/20/12
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 20, 2012

After the most bi-partisan House committee assignments in a generation, House Democrats complain

As House lawmakers near completion of the third week of the 2012 legislative session, Rep. Earle Banks (D-Jackson) has offered a bleak assessment of Republican leadership to date. While committees are yet to consider the first general bill of the session, the Management Committee last week hired an aide to Speaker Philip Gunn for $110,000…