GULFPORT, Miss. —
High school players are practicing for Friday night football, restaurants are serving shrimp po’ boys and casinos are filled with flashing lights and the relentless ding-ding-ding of slot machines.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast...
Free of campaign contribution limits, the fundraising committees for Democratic and Republican governors used their parties'...
Operation Secure Magnolia is under way and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour came to tell the Coast on Friday that they are prepared for Hurricane...
Hurricane Gustav landed only a glancing blow in Mississippi, where state officials suggested that thousands of evacuees may be...
Background
Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American politician currently serving as the governor of Mississippi. He gained a national spotlight in August 2005 after Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. Since then he has been mentioned as a possible 2008 vice presidential candidate. Barbour has ruled out any desire to run for President, and has won re-election as Governor in 2007. Under Mississippi's term limits, Barbour cannot run again for Governor in 2011 when his term ends.
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