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March 31, 2011

Bryant: Deal reached on Miss. budget

Bryant: Deal reached on Miss. budget JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said late Wednesday night that House and Senate negotiators had reached a tentative deal on a $5.5 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Earlier, Gov. Haley Barbour had called on lawmakers to complete work on the budget…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 31, 2011

Mitchell – Barbour won’t be surprised or unarmed for ‘racist’ label

Barbour won’t be surprised or unarmed for ‘racist’ label OXFORD — Haley Barbour is white. He’s a Republican. He’s conservative. He’s from Mississippi. That yields an easy label: racist. Applying labels is what shallow media and shallow people do. It’s code, as in, “Oh, he’s a preacher” or “Oh, she’s a liberal.” It’s affixing a…