Feds claim most of state’s $20M settlement
JACKSON — The federal government says Mississippi must turn over $17 million of a $20 million settlement with pharmaceutical companies accused of inflating wholesale prices.
Barbour defends proposed offshore drilling regs
JACKSON — Allowing oil and gas drilling 10 to 12 miles south of Mississippi’s coastline in the Gulf of Mexico is a good idea because it could generate state revenue, Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday.
The Mississippi Development Authority on Monday published proposed regulations to lease state waters in the Gulf for the drilling.
Barbour budget proposes education consolidation
JACKSON — Republican Gov. Haley Barbour calls for reducing the number of school districts and merging some universities, reviving many of his past recommendations in his final Mississippi budget proposal.
Barbour hits lecture circuit Jan. 11
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour tells The Associated Press his first event as a professional speaker will be the day after he leaves office.
Analysis: Budget guides set for new Miss. leaders
JACKSON — New legislators will write Mississippi’s budget for the year that begins July 1 and, after a certain amount of haggling, a new governor will sign it into law.
Local landfiill to use methane gas to produce electricty
Gov. Haley Barbour took a tour of the Golden Triangle Regional Landfill on Thursday where local officials will be building an operation to capture methane gas to produce electricity.
Barbour says he’s pursuing Mississippi jobs in California
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he’s spending several days in California “chasing jobs” and calling on companies that have investments in his home state.
Citing too much fat in government, Barbour vetoes Miss. obesity panel
Mississippi is the most obese state in the nation, but Republican Gov. Haley Barbour says it doesn’t need another layer of bureaucracy to study the issue.
Barbour out, but questions remain among GOP contenders
With the GOP campaign’s first debate scheduled for next week, the muddy Republican field will become clearer very soon as more potential contenders announce whether they’ll run or sit out.
Gov. Barbour rules out 2012 presidential run
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour isn’t running for president in 2012. The Republican issued a statement Monday saying he “will not be a candidate for president next year.”
Miss. lawmakers end session without redistricting
Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday ended their 2011 session without finishing the job of redistricting.
Barbour signs $422.8 million bond bill
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has signed a $422.8 million bond bill to pay for needs at colleges, state agencies and for economic development projects.
Barbour signs school bus safety bill
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has signed into law a school bus safety bill drafted in response to a Jones County child’s death.
Lawmakers pass $5.5 billion budget
Mississippi lawmakers on Monday easily passed dozens of bills that make up the state’s $5.5 billion budget for the year that begins July 1.
Miss. lawmakers approve civil rights museum
Lawmakers on Monday approved a bill authorizing the multimillion-dollar construction of two new Mississippi museums — one devoted to the civil rights struggle and another focused on the state’s overall history.
Marsha Barbour: Thought of presidential race ‘horrifies me’
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s wife says the thought of his running for president “horrifies me” because it would be “a huge sacrifice for a family to make.”
Barbour: No pardon for Scott sisters
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour tells The Associated Press he doesn’t plan to pardon two sisters he released from prison earlier this year on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other.
Barbour pushes for civil rights museum funding
Gov. Haley Barbour is pressing lawmakers to resolve funding for a Mississippi civil rights museum and a comprehensive state history museum, saying he wants both to be open in downtown Jackson when the state marks its bicentennial in 2017.
Barbour vetoes community college budget bill
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has vetoed a community college funding bill because he says it’s not part of an overall balanced budget for the state for the coming fiscal year.
Our view: Barbour should confront state’s past head-on
Will there ever be a president from Mississippi? Maybe someday, but it would take a Herculean effort, which Gov. Haley Barbour is discovering. Unfortunately for Barbour, our reputation precedes us. We’re the place where Medgar Evers was shot and Emmitt Till was lynched, where three civil rights workers were buried in a Neshoba County levee, where students and townspeople rioted in Oxford to keep Ole Miss lily white.