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Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour talk before President Barack Obama addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 23, 2009. (UPI Photo/Dennis Brack/Pool)
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JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A challenge to the constitutionality of several pardons issued by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour at the end of his term landed before the state Supreme Court.
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JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Mississippi Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about whether several pardons made by former Gov. Haley Barbour violated the state constitution.
LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A convicted killer pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was located in Wyoming, where he was staying under an assumed name, officials said.
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he will not have prison inmates working at the governor's mansion following the controversial pardons by his predecessor.
ATLANTA, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A majority of Americans think a state governor should not have the authority to pardon a convicted killer, a survey indicates.
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A Mississippi judge has blocked the release of 21 convicted felons pardoned by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour, prosecutors said.
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A Mississippi man who was shot in the head in 1993 has criticized outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour for issuing a pardon to the convict who shot him.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- GOP presidential hopeful Texas Gov. Rick Perry still has a chance despite recent debate flubs, some Republicans said Sunday.
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