Governor of Mississippi
Now that the dust has settled from North Carolina’s 2015 N.C. legislative session, Becki Gray offers her assessment of lawmakers’ main accomplishments this year for the next edition of Carolina…
The John Locke Foundation attracted attention this week for its role in the emergence of a strong state-level conservative movement across the country. Chairman John Hood cited JLF among the…
Pundits and prognosticators continue to analyze details of North Carolina state government’s new $21.7 billion General Fund state budget. Time Warner Cable News’ statewide “Capital Tonight” program called on John…
The chaos of New Orleans grabbed the headlines when Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Cost in 2005. But Mississippi actually took a stronger hit from the storm than Louisiana, and…
Ten years have passed since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast. Devastation in New Orleans grabbed the headlines, but Mississippi coped with its own much less publicized large-scale disaster.…
As the 2016 presidential election campaign continues to heat up, Republican candidate Jeb Bush unveiled his tax plan during a campaign stop this week in Garner. John Locke Foundation Senior…
Michael Barone applies his election number-crunching prowess in his latest Washington Examiner article to the latest batch of national election results. Barone starts with an Ohio electorate that cast big…
If you enjoyed reading this morning John Hood’s assessment of the current state of the Republican presidential race, you’ll want to read Michael Barone‘s assessment for the Washington Examiner: There…
Who wins because of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision not to run for president in 2012? Mark Halperin of TIME has some thoughts on the subject: Tim Pawlenty and, if…
Pundits have been dissecting the news of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision not to run for president next year. One pundit, the Washington Examiner‘s Michael Barone, takes aim at his…
David Brooks, a conservative by New York Times standards, offers TIME his thoughts about the Republican presidential contenders: I’m a little meh. Some people are interesting, like Newt Gingrich, but…
Roger Hedgecock, writing at Human Events, makes the case that a state-level chief executive has the best chance of steering the federal government back to a sustainable course: Senators just…