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November 18, 2008

Barbour releases budget plans to lawmakers first

The Clarion-Ledger, 11/17/8 Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is releasing his budget recommendations to lawmakers before announcing them to the general public. Barbour spokesman Pete Smith says the governor wants to give legislators a day to examine the plans for fiscal 2010, which begins July 1. Smith says the governor’s budget was being sent to lawmakers…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 18, 2008

Musgrove lost to Barbour machine twice

The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 11/17/8 Democrat Ronnie Musgrove has run for two different statewide offices during the past five years, but he essentially lost the same campaign twice. Both times, Republicans pounded Musgrove on economic issues. And both times, Musgrove worked hard but did a weak job of defending his own record. In 2003, Musgrove…