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July 31, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour speaks at Founders Square during the 2008 Neshoba County Fair.
June 26, 2008
After claiming the nation's top prize in the 2008 Challenge X competition, Mississippi State University's student-led team showcased their fuel efficient vehicle in front of the state Capitol. Governor Haley Barbour and his wife, First Lady Marsha Barbour, were on hand to congratulate the engineering students and faculty members for their success in the national competition.
June 23, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour is joined by University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat and Dennis Cuneo, a former Toyota senior vice president and current Toyota consultant, to announce a new partnership between the State of Mississippi, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Ole Miss to develop a Center for Manufacturing Excellence, which is aimed at keeping jobs at home by educating the nation’s future manufacturing professionals.
May 29, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour are joined by participants in the 2008 Mississippi Grammy celebration, including The Williams Brothers; Swedish trio Beatrice, Hannah, and Anorah; pop star Brandy; guitarist James Burton; Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers; actress Joey Lauren Adams; and singer/songwriter Paul Overstreet.
May 27, 2008
Preparations for the 2008 "Mississippi--The Birthplace of America's Music--Celebrates Its GRAMMY Legacy" event include placing life-size banners featuring some of Mississippi's most celebrated musicians around the Governor's Mansion in downtown Jackson. Pictured above is award-winning singer and songwriter Paul Overstreet, who has captured two GRAMMYs for his musical contributions.
May 27, 2008
This GRAMMY banner features gospel group The Williams Brothers, who have received six GRAMMY nominations in addition to producing sixteen top ten albums. The Williams Brothers are widely considered the most prolific quartet within the entire gospel genre.
April 23, 2008
Flanked by legislators, educators, administrators, and young students, Governor Haley Barbour signs House Bill 513, which provides $2.5 billion in state funding for K-12 education in Fiscal Year 2009. The Governor noted the legislation is the realization of many of his educational goals, including fully funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program and funding for a new dyslexia screening program.
April 11, 2008
Circuit Court Judge Stephen B. Simpson of Gulfport is appointed Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety by Governor Haley Barbour.
March 27, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour join other local business leaders and officials, including Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, and David Watkins of Watkins Partners, to formally kick off the renovation of the historic King Edward Hotel in downtown Jackson.
March 21, 2008
Brigadier Gen. William “Bill” Freeman, Jr., of Newton, has been named by Governor Barbour as the state's Adjutant General, replacing Maj. Gen. Harold Cross who recently announced his retirement. In this position, Gen. Freeman will command the Mississippi Army and Air National Guard.
March 20, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour announced his appointments to the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). Pictured from left to right are C.D. Smith, of Meridian; Christy Pickering, of Biloxi; Governor Barbour; Dr. Douglas W. Rouse, of Hattiesburg; and Alan W. Perry, of Jackson.
February 29, 2008
At a press conference held outside the Mississippi State Capitol, Governor Haley Barbour discusses the importance of affordable healthcare during the Partnership for Prescription Assistance's bus tour in Jackson. Governor Barbour joined his wife, First Lady Marsha Barbour, and PPA spokesman Montel Williams for the event.
February 8, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour is joined by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Natasha Trethewey, and legendary country music singer, Charley Pride, at the 2008 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Both Trethewey and Pride are Mississippi natives.
February 5, 2008
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Addressing the participants of the 2008 Health Insurance Summit, Governor Haley Barbour discusses the creation of a Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Program, a major step toward giving employees of small businesses more access to health insurance at more affordable rates. Other speakers at the Health Insurance Summit included Harvard Business School Chair Regina Herzlinger, Ph. D.; Ed Haislmaier, senior research fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health Policy Studies; and Tom Fenter, corporate medical adviser for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
January 21, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour addresses a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature as he delivers his fifth State of the State speech, which outlines the status of the state's economy, the progress Mississippi has made since 2004, and challenges the state will face in 2008.
January 15, 2008
Overlooking a crowd of about 2,000 spectators, Governor Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour are joined by their son, Sterling, and grandson, Adyn, for the Governor's second inaugural ceremony.
January 15, 2008
Governor Haley Reeves Barbour is sworn in as Mississippi's 64th Governor by Chief Justice Jim Smith of the Mississippi Supreme Court. Governor Barbour is joined by his wife, Marsha, of 36 years.
January 7, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour announces a new $3.5 million, two-year major law enforcement initiative targeting the "worst of the worst" felony drug and violent gun offenders in Hinds County and Jackson. For the announcement, Governor Barbour was joined by city, state, and federal officials, including Hinds County District Attorney Robert Schuler Smith; Jackson Chief of Police and Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillan; director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Marshall Fisher; and Chief Justice Jim Smith.
December 31, 2007
Governor Barbour appoints United States Representative Roger Wicker, 56, to fill the vacancy created by Senator Trent Lott's recent resignation from the United States Senate. Wicker, who represented Mississippi's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, will serve as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi until a special election is held in November 2008.
December 10, 2007
Governor Barbour joins Toyota Auto Body company officials for the groundbreaking ceremony of Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. The business, which is located in the Harry A. Martin North Lee Industrial Complex, will serve as a supplier to the new Toyota plant to be located in Blue Springs, Miss.
December 3, 2007
Governor Haley Barbour is flanked by Duane O'Neil, of the Greater Jackson Alliance, and Steve Penrose, a senior vice president of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., to announce the company's decision to open a new Solutions Center in Clinton, Miss.
October 25, 2007
Governor Barbour joins Carolyn Shanks, president and Chief Executive Officer of Entergy Mississippi, to unveil the marker for the power company's new Operations Complex. Construction for the center is expected to be completed in 2009.
October 11, 2007
Consumers, engineeres, and local Moss Point officials join Governor Haley Barbour to break ground on the first post-Katrina water system enhancement project in Jackson County.
October 3, 2007
Governor Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour take a walk during the inaugural "Walkin' Wednesdays" event held at Jackson State University. The weekly event is held in conjunction with Governor Barbour's "Let's Go Walkin' Mississippi" initiative.
July 26, 2007
First Lady Marsha Barbour smiles as Governor Haley Barbour address fairgoers at the 2007 Neshoba County Fair, which is held annually in Philadelphia, Miss.
July 5, 2007
Governor Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour congratulate Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie for his leadership at a ceremony held to recognize the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department, which is the first sheriff's department in the state to receive accreditation from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission for professionalism and efficiency.
June 21, 2007
Governor Haley Barbour presents the keys to the first Mississippi Park Model cottage to Biloxi resident Katherine St. Amant, whose Claiborne Street home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina The Governor was joined by Mike Womack, Executive Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, and Becky Baum, Director of the Mississippi Alternative Housing Program, for the ceremony.
June 4, 2007
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Retired Marine Aaron Rice, left, interacts with Gov. Haley Barbour
following a formal announcement regarding the U.S. Marine Corps
contract to assemble 1,200 MRAP vehicles at the Griffin Inc.-
International Truck and Engine Co. plant in West Point. Rice was
injured when the vehicle he was driving struck a mine in Iraq in March 2005.
April 26, 2007
Legendary musician and Mississippi native Jerry Lee Lewis poses for a photograph with Governor Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour during the first annual "Mississippi—The Birthplace Of America’s Music—Celebrates A 50 Year GRAMMY® Legacy” event.
April 19, 2007
Governor Haley Barbour addresses the crowd during the groundbreaking ceremony in Blue Springs for the new Toyota plant. Pictured beside the Governor is a Toyota Highlander, which will be produced at the Blue Springs facility.
March 22, 2007
Governor Haley Barbour, along with Commissioner of Insurance George Dale, Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck, and legislators, signs the Mississippi Growth and Redevelopment Act of 2007, which is also known as the "wind pool" bill.
March 20, 2007
Governor Haley Barbour is joined by First Lady Marsha Barbour and students from Pecan Park Elementary and Oakdale Elementary as he proclaims March 20, 2007, as "Let's Go Walkin' Mississippi Day."
March 2, 2007
Governor Haley Barbour signs Senate Bill 3215, which provides economic development incentives for Toyota Motor Corporation.
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