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January 28, 2008

Barbour budget: Legislature faces prioritizing

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/28/8 As he telegraphed in both his inaugural address and in his “State of the State” address earlier this month, Gov. Haley Barbour recommended an austere state budget totaling $5.6 billion. Simply put, Barbour’s budget says “no” to most state agency requests for additional funding. “This is a tight budget because this…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 28, 2008

UPDATE: Chip Pickering says ‘no thanks’ to Senate consideration

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/28/8 Mississippi Congressman Chip Pickering on Friday asked Gov. Haley Barbour to remove his name from the list of possible appointees as the state’s next U.S. senator. In a statement, Pickering said: “It has been a privilege to serve Mississippi in Congress for these past 11 years. I am extremely…