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Jackson Water Crisis: Day 3

Gov. Haley Barbour extended the state of emergency for Jackson in the wake of more than 100 water-main breaks in the city, spilling roughly 22 million gallons of water. Parts …

Barbour Joins Health Care Suit

Despite Attorney General Jim Hood's advice, Gov. Haley Barbour announced today that he will join a multi-state lawsuit against national health-care legislation President Barack Obama signed last month.

Students Vent Outrage at Anti-Merger Rallies

Jackson State University students are organizing a rally on the steps of the State Capitol at 1 p.m. today in protest of Gov. Haley Barbour's recommendation to merge the state's …

Gov. Haley Barbour joined other Gulf Coast governors and private industry to form the Aerospace …

• October 27, 2009

Former Governor Haley Barbour and current Governor Phil Bryant both spoke at the groundbreaking in …

• October 24, 2013

Haley Barbour was an early new Republican convert and strategist. Trip Burns/File Photo

• November 28, 2018

Gov. Haley Barbour is asking the Mississippi Legislature to pass an incentive package for two …

• September 1, 2011

Gov. Haley Barbour with Rep. Warner McBride, D-Courtland, between meetings of the special session Tuesday.

• July 1, 2009

Gov. Haley Barbour called the legislature's agreement a "blank check" for Medicaid.

• June 24, 2009

Barbour Signs AG's Domestic Violence Bill

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A domestic violence related bill sponsored by Attorney General Jim Hood has been signed into law. Gov. Haley Barbour signed SB 2426, which makes it a misdemeanor for someone to …

Barbour Signs Cigarette Tax Increase

Gov. Haley Barbour has signed a bill today increasing cigarette taxes in Mississippi by 50 cents per pack. The bill brings the total tax per pack to 68 cents, up …

Eminent Domain Petition Circulating

After Gov. Haley Barbour vetoed a bill last year to limit the state's use of eminent domain, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation is circulating a petition to put the issue …

Theater of the Beef-Plant Absurd

Can we just call the beef-plant debacle what it is: a foolish bipartisan embrace of a corporate-welfare scheme gone awry? Both Dems and Republicans pushed for it, and Barbour wrote …

HOOD: 156 of Barbour's Pardons Did Not Meet Legal Rules

Attorney General Jim Hood this evening released his latest findings about Gov. Haley Barbour's barrage of last-minute pardons. This is verbatim statement from Hood:

[Dickerson] Civil Rights Ain't Just History

Gov. Haley Barbour did the right thing by lobbying for a civil-rights museum.

Gov. Haley Barbour reappointed Jackson businessman Leland Speed to serve as Mississippi Development Authority executive …

• March 17, 2011

At the Neshoba County Fair today, Gov. Haley Barbour called for higher teacher pay based …

• July 28, 2011

Gov. Haley Barbour announced an additional $85 million in budget cuts last week, which includes …

• January 21, 2009

A man who received a pardon from former Gov. Haley Barbour is a suspect in …

• January 11, 2013

Attorney Chokwe Lumumba delivered a petition with 24,000 signatures to Gov. Haley Barbour's office Nov. …

• December 1, 2010