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February 22, 2011

Open meetings bill goes to Miss. Gov. Barbour

Open meetings bill goes to Miss. Gov. Barbour JACKSON — State senators sent Gov. Haley Barbour open meetings legislation Monday in what Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and Sen. Merle Flowers, R-Olive Branch, called one of the best days ever for transparency in government across Mississippi. Senators had approved the legislation in January, but House members…
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February 22, 2011

Haley Barbour says he’d veto Ku Klux Klan license plate

Haley Barbour says he’d veto Ku Klux Klan license plate Under pressure to address racial issues swirling around a potential presidential bid, Haley Barbour said on Monday for the first time that he wouldn’t sign legislation in Mississippi to honor a former Ku Klux Klan leader with a state-issued license plate. “The bureaucracy denied it,…