Haley Barbour

HUD approves revised Mississippi port plans (AP)

Mississippi's revised port expansion project has been accepted by the federal government, clearing the way for the state to begin work on the plan, using $570 million in block grant money initially earmarked for housing on the...

Bennett to GOP: Get to work

By Bill Steigerwald TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, November 22, 2008 Conservative author and radio talk-show host Bill Bennett has been a prominent American political and cultural figure since 1981, when he became President Reagan's...

Ambassador from China visits Laurel

By Jason Niblett, newseditor@laurelleadercall.com The City of Laurel was host to an important guest of Sanderson Farms, Inc. Thursday. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the United...

The Fix: 10 Republicans to Watch

Occasionally I like to browse through WaPo’s, “The Fix.” The Friday Line today had an interesting line-up for the top 10 Republicans to watch. And strangely enough, both Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee were left off of the list...

GOP recovery: Fire Rush Limbaugh

How can the Republican Party rebound? A second step would be for congressional Republicans to actually try to help President-elect Barack Obama succeed in addressing the country's dire problems – offering better ideas where...

Analysis: Despite Ark., lottery unlikely in Miss.

As the number of states with lotteries grow, Mississippi and Alabama remain outsiders. There's little chance passage of a lottery in Arkansas will motivate Mississippi lawmakers into action. In May, Mississippi Gov. Haley...

Petition launched to increase Miss. cigarette tax

November 21 - Two businessmen are petitioning to let Mississippi voters decide whether to increase the state tobacco tax and designate the revenue for Medicaid. Clarksdale attorney and restaurateur Bill Luckett and Jackson...

Barbour listed in Top 10 Republicans to watch

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is in the Top 10. The Washington Post's political blog, "The Fix" by Chris Cillizza listed the Top 10 GOPs to watch today. In the "Friday Line," Cillizza talks about the Republicans who will...

Rupert Cornwell: Where can the Republicans go now?

You might wonder why on earth anyone would want to be President of the US right now. But as he contemplates financial meltdown, the collapse of the car industry, two foreign wars and lord knows what else, there's one thing that...