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June 22, 2009

SNOWDEN – Medicaid Maginot

Medicaid Maginot Governor Barbour has pledged not to call the Legislature back into special session to adopt the budget until the House and Senate leadership have agreed on a Medicaid plan (acceptable to the governor) which permanently resolves the recurring $90 million deficit. In the absence of such an agreement, unless the governor changes his…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 22, 2009

CL EDITORIAL – Barbour: ‘Redneck’ may overcome

Barbour: ‘Redneck’ may overcome Conservative Atlanta Journal-Constitution blogger Jim Wooten last week dismissed national speculation that Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour might emerge as a serious Republican presidential contender in 2012 with these words: “There’s too much prejudice elsewhere in the country from potential voters who equate Mississippi with redneck politics.” “Redneck politics?” This from a…