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September 6, 2011

Bryant wants to cancel state budget hearings; McCoy disagrees

From the SunHerald… Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, GOP candidate and presumptive frontrunner for governor, wants to cancel budget hearings this month and forgo drafting a 2012 budget until new legislative leaders take office in early 2012. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, opposes this. He said it’s lawmakers’ job, even if they are about to leave…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 6, 2011

Former Taylor staffer joins DuPree campaign staff

From The Mississippi Press… Ana Maria Rosato, a Bay St. Louis native known to most folks for her work as Congressman Gene Taylor’s communications director, has joined Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree’s gubernatorial campaign as communications director. “I am so excited about Mayor DuPree’s campaign,” Rosato said. “Through Mayor DuPree’s vision, expertise and leadership, Hattiesburg has…