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November 23, 2009

PETTUS – Agency mergers in Barbour’s proposal

PETTUS – Agency mergers in Barbour’s proposal On Monday, Barbour called for a 12 percent budget markdown for most agencies in his $5.5 billion budget recommendation for fiscal 2011. Some of the governor’s targets include: The Department of Banking and Consumer Finance. It would fold into the secretary of state’s office. The Department of Agriculture…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 23, 2009

Barbour – “We need to treat the president respectfully”

Barbour – “We need to treat the president respectfully” One crucial factor, governors said, is wooing independent voters who backed Mr. Obama last year but voted by about 2-to-1 margins in gubernatorial races for Robert McDonnell in Virginia and Chris Christie in New Jersey. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, told…