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.
Bill puts new limits on abortion providers
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday signed a law that will put new regulations on the state’s only abortion clinic, starting July 1. The Republican said he’s not bothered by the possibility that the clinic’s owner will sue to try to block the new mandates.
“If it closes that clinic, then so be it,” Bryant said during a bill signing ceremony in his Capitol office.
Ardillo appointed to state military council
Gov. Phil Bryant Tuesday re-established and appointed a Columbus man to the Mississippi Military Communities Council, which was formed to help promote and protect the state’s military interests.
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.
Lawmakers, others laud Phil Bryant’s speech
JACKSON — Some reaction to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s first State of the State address Tuesday night:
Bryant unveils policy details in State of State
JACKSON — Republican Gov. Phil Bryant used his first State of the State address Tuesday evening to unveil detailed policy proposals, from education to health care to energy, saying he wants to create a “Mississippi Works Agenda.”
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.
Bryant to give State of the State speech next week
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he’ll offer specific policy proposals when he gives his first State of the State address next week.
Collins named National Guard leader
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed retired Brig. Gen. Augustus L. “Leon” Collins as adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard.
New Mississippi governor says he’s ‘ready to work’
JACKSON — The inauguration of Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday capped a week of ceremony in Mississippi state government, as leadership changed hands in the House, then the Senate, and finally in the governor’s office.
Bryant’s road to the mansion started with a defeat
JACKSON — Phil Bryant has won seven straight elections, beginning with a race for state House in 1991. But he lost his first run for public office, a bid to become a Rankin County supervisor in 1988.
Bryant appoints several state agency directors
JACKSON — Phil Bryant’s administration is going to look at least a little like outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour’s administration.
Mississippi swears in 7 of 8 statewide officials
JACKSON — Seven of Mississippi’s eight statewide elected officials began their four-year terms Thursday, and Republican Gov.-elect Phil Bryant is preparing to take his oath on Tuesday.
Bryant names Barksdale as interim development head
JACKSON — Gov.-elect Phil Bryant says he plans to name former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale as the next interim leader of Mississippi’s economic development agency.
Familiar budget shortfall faces new Mississippi leaders
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers and Gov.-elect Phil Bryant will face a difficult task in crafting a state budget for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.
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.
Bryant wants to be ‘big idea governor’ in Mississippi
Republican Gov.-elect Phil Bryant on Thursday asked businesspeople, lobbyists, legislators and state agency leaders to help him shape an agenda for Mississippi’s 2012 legislative session.
Charlie Mitchell: Feds have kept Mississippi afloat
OXFORD — A problem for Gov.-elect Phil Bryant is this: If the federal government adopts his self-professed “tight-fisted” fiscal style, Mississippi will go belly up.
In an instant.
Bryant organizes inauguration
JACKSON — Republican Gov.-elect Phil Bryant has chosen “Rising Together” as the theme for his Jan. 10 inauguration.