Tea party questions Barbour’s role in race
Haley Barbour almost certainly isn’t running for office again in Mississippi, but the former governor, one-time Republican National Committee chief and influential Washington lobbyist is playing a prominent role in the state’s battle for the GOP Senate nomination.
Barbour faces off with tea party at GOP conference
Even as Republicans preach the need for solidarity, divisions between the tea party and the GOP establishment are clear at a national conservative summit.
Barbour headlines tort reform conference
Mississippi’s business community is celebrating Wednesday the 10th anniversary of the passage of tort reform legislation.
Miss. Supreme Court rules Barbour pardons valid
The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday upheld the pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour, during his final days in office, including several convicted in Lowndes and Okitbbeha counties.
Biofuels facility set in Golden Triangle; Barbour tours landfill
Gov. Haley Barbour is scheduled to tour the Golden Triangle Regional Landfill on Thursday where local officials will be building an operation to capture methane gas to produce electricity.
Barbour: No early role with GOP 2012 candidates
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that he won’t get deeply involved in helping any presidential candidate until Republicans choose their 2012 nominee.
Plan to withhold Medicaid funds could cause education cuts
Gov. Haley Barbour announced Tuesday $82 million slated for public K-12 schools would instead be placed in the state’s rainy day fund.
Barbour adds synthetic pot to special session agenda
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is asking legislators to outlaw the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana across the state.
Biofuel project tops Miss. special session agenda
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is asking lawmakers to approve funding for a facility that would produce renewable crude oil from trees.
Barbour calls special session for $500 million economic development project
Lawmakers will return to the Capitol next week to consider an incentive package for a $500 million economic development project.
Barbour praises Toyota’s decision to resume work at Blue Springs
Toyota will build Corolla compact cars at its plant in Blue Springs in northeast Mississippi.
Barbour trims another $41 million from budget; cuts total $499.5 million
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday made his fifth round of budget cuts since the fiscal year started last summer, and he warned lawmakers to be cautious as they write a spending plan for the coming year.