Bryant sticks with Trump after remarks
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Donald Trump’s remarks about women are unacceptable but stopped short of withdrawing support for the GOP presidential nominee’s White House bid.
Judicial races are only sorta, kinda nonpartisan
Mississippi’s judicial elections are nonpartisan in name only.
Bryant appeals block on religious beliefs law
Mississippi’s governor has asked a judge to let a state law take effect that would let some businesses and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny or delay services to same-sex couples.
Bryant among governors meeting with Trump
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant was among a group of Republican governors meeting with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Bryant: ‘Secular’ world angry over LGBT law
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says the “secular, progressive world” vented at him for signing a bill that would let clerks cite religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Miss. church a window into national gay rights debate
On many Sundays, conservative Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant can be found in the sanctuary at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, almost always in his trademark suit and boots, often among those helping pass the offering plates.
Sleepmade to open Lowndes Co. facility
Sleepmade officials announced today that the company will open a $1.415 million manufacturing and distribution facility in Lowndes County. The move will create 50 jobs.
Slimantics: Phil Bryant’s Hunger Games
It was November, and the people who run things in Mississippi, including those not working out of the offices of ALEC in D.C., were breathing a collective sigh of relief.
Bryant talks Syrian refugees
One of Phil Bryant’s top priorities is keeping Mississippians safe.
Slimantics: Everyone should vote for Bryant, unless …
Tuesday, Mississippians will go to the polls to determine the outcome of numerous local and state elections, including who will be our governor.
Gov.: 2016 good year for flag election — maybe
If Mississippi voters are going to consider removing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, 2016 would be a good time to do it, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said Thursday.
Miss. governor up with TV ads, but no air time yet for Dem
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s campaign is running its first TV commercials this election season, but a new analysis shows his Democratic challenger, truck driver Robert Gray, hasn’t bought any air time.
Other Editors: Who’s in charge of education?
Gov. Phil Bryant gets an A for his political skills. He’s very good at appealing to his base and is a shoo-in to win a second term in 2015.
Miss. tax cuts could be debated in 2015
Mississippi has state elections in 2015, and it’s a safe bet that lawmakers will try to endear themselves to voters by debating a tax cut.
Bryant: Improve schools, create jobs, end abortion
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant presented a generally optimistic outlook about Mississippi during his State of the State address, focusing on job creation and saying he believes the state can improve its academic performance with charter schools and merit pay for teachers.
Wiseman says GOP out of touch in State of the State response
Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman called for bipartisan ideas and creativity to help solve Mississippi’s toughest challenges during the state Democratic response to Gov. Phil Bryant’s State of the State address.
Slimantics: Notes on the municipal elections
Tuesday’s municipal elections reaffirmed something Abraham Lincoln said during the Gettysburg Address about the nature of our system of government.
Ours is a government of some of the people, by some of the people and for some of the people.
Slimantics: Turn out the lights, the Tea Party’s over
The fever appears to be breaking. The Tea Party movement, much like the Know Nothing Party of 150 years ago, will soon have run its obstructionist course.
As is the case with most national trends, that fever will break last in Mississippi, which seems to be on a perpetual two-year time-delay for most national trends.
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.