Candidate who didn’t even vote wins Democratic nomination
The 46-year-old truck driver who won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor says he spent nothing on his campaign and knows nobody in politics. He didn’t even vote in the primary because he says he was busy.
Truck driver wins Democratic nomination for Miss. governor
Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has $2.8 million in his campaign fund, and his Democratic challenger in the November election is a truck driver who reported spending no money so far and who said he didn’t even vote in Tuesday’s primary.
2 Republicans, 3 Dems seek nominations for Miss. governor
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant appears confident of winning his party’s nomination for re-election Tuesday.
Attorney Slater running as Democrat for Mississippi governor
Madison attorney Vicki Slater launched her campaign as Democrat for Mississippi governor Thursday.
Gov. declares emergency in north Miss.
Gov. Phil Bryant issued a state of emergency Sunday evening for northern portions of the state, but as of mid-morning today, no reports of dangerous weather had been confirmed in the Golden Triangle.
Gov. signs mid-pregnancy abortion ban
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed a bill to ban abortion starting at the midpoint of a full-term pregnancy.
Miss. gov says he will sign 20-week abortion ban
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Tuesday that he looks forward to quickly signing a bill that would ban abortion at 20 weeks, the midpoint of a full-term pregnancy.
Gov. bemoans revising school starting date
Local school boards again have control of their own academic calendars after Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday signed SB 2571, a bill that applies technical amendments to educational law and strikes a 2012 provision requiring the state’s public schools to start their year no earlier than the third Monday in August.
Former Va. gov, wife indicted for corruption
Bob McDonnell had just been elected governor of Virginia when a wealthy businessman who had donated the use of his private jet during the Republican’s campaign requested a meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York.
Two-woman political ticket in Texas goes for history in 2014
Forget whether Hillary Clinton could win the White House in 2016. Women still have yet to run many statehouses, but in 2014 two Texas Democrats are going for a new kind of history: Winning as an all-female ticket for governor and lieutenant governor.
Our view: A visit from a statesman
When he was just a small boy, William F. Winter would accompany his father, a representative from Grenada County, to sessions of the Legislature. That experience led him to a lifetime of public service, including more than 40 years serving the state of Mississippi in offices ranging from state representative to treasurer, tax collector, lieutenant governor and, finally, to the governor’s office, where in 1980, he became the state’s 57th chief executive.
Barbour could still shape state policies
JACKSON– Once a governor, always a governor in Mississippi. The title never fades, even when the time in office expires. However, with his recent re-entry
Analysis: Not every bill is a headline grabber
The first two bills that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed during the 2013 legislative session dealt with money.
AP Interview: Bryant says education is top issue
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said education dominates his 2013 legislative agenda, from merit pay for teachers to charter schools that will receive public funding but be free of some state regulations.
Bryant advocates school prayer in speech to teens
First-term Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant told a group of teenagers that he believes it should be possible for public schools to have some sort of nondenominational prayer to open the day.
However, the Republican said he’s not prepared to take any legal action to push the issue.
Bryants now living in Miss. Governor’s Mansion
Gov. Phil Bryant and his wife, Deborah, have started living in the renovated Governor’s Mansion, more than four months after he took office.
NC gov wrong to speak ill of Miss., Bryant says
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday it was “petty” for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue to insult Mississippi while bemoaning that voters in her state approved a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage.
Governor’s Mansion getting $425K of upkeep
JACKSON — The 170-year-old Mississippi Governor’s Mansion is undergoing $425,000 in renovations before the new occupants can move in.
Bryant salutes work of racial reconciliation group
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said he plans to continue activity with a Christian group promoting racial reconciliation.
Bryant speech to give policy direction for Mississippi
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he’ll reveal detailed policy proposals during his first State of the State address.