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January 23, 2012

Coast’s lawmakers named to powerful positions

Coast’s lawmakers named to powerful positions South Mississippi fared well when new House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, named his leadership team on Friday, snaring eight committee chairmanships including the powerful Appropriations post. The 19-member delegation for the six South Mississippi counties had held five chairmanships for the last four years under former Speaker Billy McCoy,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2012

Steve Holland “disappointed” he’s not a chairman

Steve Holland “disappointed” he’s not a chairman … But at least some of the more vocal Democrats of the past appeared to be slighted in the process. Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, served on the Public Health or Medicaid committees for nearly three decades. He was appointed to neither this term. “That’s 28 years of public…