Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi’
Mississippi Lawmakers Pass Budget
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 April 2011 02:01 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 5 April 2011 02:00
From SunHerald.com:
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.
The bills cover everything from public schools to mental health to prisons. Money is tight because the pace of economic recovery is uncertain. Many programs – including elementary and secondary education – will receive roughly the same amount of money as this year.
The budget has no pay raises for state employees. It does not increase or decrease taxes.
There was little discussion about details of the budget in either chamber Monday because most of the tough decisions were made last week by a small group of negotiators.
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MS: Lawmaker Switches to the GOP
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:22 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 11 May 2010 12:52
From ClarionLedger.com:
State Rep. Scott Bounds has announced his switch from the Democratic party to the Republican party today.
At a news conference at the state GOP headquarters, the Neshoba County lawmaker cited his “conservative philosophical and policy beliefs” as his motive for the change.
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Mississippi Secretary of State Named Honorary Chair
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:33 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 28 April 2010 01:39
From ClarionLedger.com:
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has been appointed honorary chairman of the national Republican Secretaries of State Committee.
The committee is a part of the Republican State Leadership Committee, which also includes the Republican Attorneys General Association, the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee and the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association.
The organization’s main mission is to campaign for and elect Republican candidates to those offices. In his new role, Hosemann likely will assist those efforts.
Currently, Republicans hold 19 of the secretaries of state positions across the country.
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Mississippi 2011 Politics Begin to take Shape
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:41 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 21 April 2010 08:39
From nems360.com:
The two wild cards in the 2011 statewide elections are Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and state Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr.
Their decisions will have a tremendous impact on the 2011 state elections.
The conventional wisdom is that Hosemann, a first-term secretary of state, will seek re-election, and, if he does, most believe he will cruise to victory. And that same conventional wisdom has Waller remaining in the lofty position of chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court – a position he assumed by virtue of being the longest-serving member of the high court with the defeat of then-incumbent Chief Justice Jim Smith in November 2008.
That is conventional wisdom, but there have been persistent rumors that both Waller and Hosemann might be eyeing bids for the top of the ticket for governor.
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MS AG Won’t Try and Stop Health Care Suit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:46 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 13 April 2010 01:15
From The Mississippi Link:
Days after Mississippi’s Republican Governor Haley Barbour said that Mississippi would join a lawsuit challenging the new health care overhaul, the state’s Attorney General Jim Hood said he would not stop him.
In late March, Barbour asked Hood, a democrat, to sue on behalf of Mississippi, joining 13 other states in their lawsuit against the historic overhaul of the U.S. health care system signed into law last month by President Barack Obama.
The lawsuit was initiated by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.Hood originally said the governor needed the attorney general’s permission to file the suit, and Hood gave that clearance Friday stating that he would not stop Barbour from pursuing the lawsuit.
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Matter of Time Before Mississippi Joins Obamacare Lawsuit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:51 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 8 April 2010 01:01
From News360:
Dan Turner, a spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour, said Wednesday Mississippi has not officially entered into the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health care legislation, but it is only a matter of time.
Barbour has asked Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood to file a lawsuit on behalf of the state. Hood said he is studying the issue.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed one of the first lawsuits challenging the bill passed recently by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Turner said when the Florida lawsuit is amended, Mississippi will join.
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MS: Governor Plans Health Care Suit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:01 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 31 March 2010 02:52
From ClarionLedger.com:
An aide to Gov. Haley Barbour said Mississippi will join a multi-state lawsuit on Thursday challenging the constitutionality of the nation’s new sweeping health care law.
Barbour spokesman Dan Turner said “the plan now” is for the governor to file the lawsuit on behalf of the state if Attorney General Jim Hood doesn’t do it by then.
“If the attorney general would like to represent Mississippians’ interests, that will be fine. If not, the governor will file on their behalf,” Turner said.
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VA AG Says Health Care Suit Could Save State $1 Billion
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:02 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 31 March 2010 02:51
From Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Virginia’s lawsuit against recently passed federal health-care reform legislation will not cost the commonwealth much more than the $350 filing fee, the state attorney general’s office said yesterday.
But the litigation, if successful, could save the commonwealth more than $1 billion in estimated costs, according to a statement released by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
“The court filing fee for the case of Commonwealth v. Kathleen Sebelius in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was $350,” according to a statement issued by Cuccinelli’s office.
Sebelius is the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in President Barack Obama’s administration.
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MS: State AG Still considering Health Care Lawsuit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:09 Written by rslcpol Monday, 29 March 2010 01:44
From The Commercial Appeal:
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said last week he needs more time to evaluate a new federal health care law before deciding whether to challenge it in court.
Gov. Haley Barbour said he wants Mississippi to join more than a dozen other states in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law. And Barbour, a Republican, wants to join the suit regardless of whether Hood, a Democrat, chooses to represent the state.
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MS AG Hood Still “Studying” Health Care Bill
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:10 Written by rslcpol Friday, 26 March 2010 01:22
From The Dispatch:
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he needs more time to evaluate a new federal health care law before deciding whether to challenge it in court.
Hood also said Gov. Haley Barbour is not authorized to file suit while the attorney general’s office completes its review.
Barbour’s office had no immediate response to Hood’s announcement.
More than a dozen other states are challenging the constitutionality of the health care overhaul, which President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday.
Barbour, a Republican, had given Hood, a Democrat, until noon Thursday to say whether the attorney general’s office would file a lawsuit. Barbour said he would file one himself if Hood chooses not to act.
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