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Mississippi governor says economic project on hold as company seeks private financing
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 3 days ago
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A manufacturing company that wants to build a $300 million plant in the job-hungry Mississippi Delta is still trying to arrange private financing, so plans for a special legislative session for the project are on hold, Gov. Haley Barbour said. "We're...
Tags: Haley Barbour, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi River, private financing, Tunica County, Minneapolis, Tunica County Mississippi, Memphis metropolitan area, Business Finance, Mississippi
Plan to merge black colleges meets with ire
McLean :: VA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Miss Gov. Haley Barbour 's proposal to merge Mississippi 's three public historically black universities is sparking debate over the racial undertones it presents and raising new questions over the state's underfunding of those colleges. Barbour has...
Tags: Mississippi Valley State, Haley Barbour, Mississippi University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi Legislature, black colleges, Alcorn State, Jackson State University, Bennie Thompson, McLean, Education, Hinds County Mississippi, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Jackson Mississippi, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Alcorn State University, Jackson metropolitan area
Union leader fears job losses under Barbour budget
Belleville :: IL :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Union leader Brenda Scott worries some current state workers will be shoved into the unemployment line if Mississippi legislators adopt Gov. Haley Barbour's proposed budget. Barbour, a Republican, said this month that he wants to give state program directors...
Tags: Haley Barbour, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Brenda Scott, Personnel Board, union leader, Belleville, Business Finance, Mississippi, Labor
Kentucky gov to head South Growth Policies Board
Lexington :: NC :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear will be the newest chairman of the Southern Growth Policies Board, a think tank that has been led in the past by such notable politicians as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. More Business The think tank focuses on economic...
Tags: Steve Beshear, Kentucky, Lexington, Prosecutors, Haley Barbour, Business Finance, Governor of Kentucky
N.E. governors’ races give GOP a chance to build on gains
Burlington :: VT :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Invigorated by state house victories earlier this month in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans are turning their attention to governorships in New England, where they believe the retirement of four incumbents and a competitive race in Massachusetts has...
Tags: New England, Rhode Island, RGA, Matt Jacobson, republican governor, Massachusetts, Maine & Company, Republican, Virginia, Texas, Burlington, International Democrat Union, Haley Barbour, Politics, Republican Party, United States gubernatorial elections, United States elections, Jackson Michigan
Texas GOP primary a 2010 test of themes
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility An indisputable Washington insider, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been so close to the federal government's levers of power in her three Senate terms that former Vice President Dick Cheney has endorsed her over another Republican...A Texas-sized brawl is under...
Tags: Rick Perry, Washington, Texas, Senate Republican, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dick Cheney, Republican Governors Association, GOP, gop primaries, federal government, Seattle, Republican Party, Texans For Kay, Texas gubernatorial election, Haley Barbour, Politics
Republicans Eye the Tiger of Populism
Buchanan :: NY :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility Party leaders weigh the benefits and risks of catering to “tea party” protesters like these, who dislike the House health care bill. Whatever else it said about America, her return brought into focus a big question for Republicans as they watched the...
Tags: Republican Party, Ms. Palin, House, Republican National Committee, wall street, Buchanan, Conservatism in the United States, Haley Barbour, William Jennings Bryan, John McCain, Political parties in the United States, Populism, Sarah Palin, Politics
Miss. proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Jackson :: MS :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.
Tags: Mississippi Valley State University, Mississippi University, Mississippi State University, Haley Barbour, historically black, higher education, Jackson State University, black college, John S. Wilson, Alcorn State University, Jackson, Historically black colleges and universities, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Jackson metropolitan area, Education, Social Issues
Hutchison, Perry fire up TV ads in heated Texas governor's race
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Texas – Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison launched the first television commercials of their fractious primary fight today, each side claiming the conservative high ground aimed at winning Republican voters. The head-to-head TV war, which some observers...
Tags: Republican Governors Association, Texas, Republican Party, governor association, Newark, Texans For Kay, Texas gubernatorial election, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rick Perry, Haley Barbour, Politics, Plame affair, Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, Political parties in the United States, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Karl Rove, Bob McDonnell, Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, United States presidential election, Sarah Palin, Mississippi Republican Party, Mississippi gubernatorial election, Republican National Committee, New Jersey gubernatorial election, Politics of Virginia, International Democrat Union, Jackson Michigan
Barbour wants to merge universities
Gulfport :: MS :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Gov. Haley Barbour says the state should consider merging some of its universities to save money. Barbour, in announcing his budget recommendations today, said Mississippi University for Women should merge with nearby Mississippi State University and...
Tags: Haley Barbour, Gulfport, Mississippi, James Stacy Barbour, Politics, Business Finance, Education
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