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  1. Failed beef processors plant issue in another campaign

    Monday Oct 13 | Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

    ... Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell and several rural Democratic legislators, including Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, and Rep. Tommy Reynolds, D-Water Valley. It passed the Legislature with strong bipartisan ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Roger Wicker, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Yalobusha County, MS, Plantersville, MS, Water Valley, MS

  2. Barbour: Miss. agencies might need to trim budgetsRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 11 | Picayune Item

    ... about corporate collections until early January, when the filing extension ends. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, often disagrees with Barbour on spending and public policy, but in a telephone interview Friday, McCoy said Barbour is "probably ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Mississippi, Haley Barbour, US Governors

  3. Barbour warns cutback comingRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 11 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... about corporate collections until early January, when the filing extension ends. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, often disagrees with Barbour on spending and public policy. But in a telephone interview Friday, McCoy said Barbour is 'probably ...

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    Related Topix: Haley Barbour, US Governors

  4. Barbour: State agencies might need to trim budgetsRead the original story

    Friday Oct 10 | WLOX-TV Biloxi

    ... about corporate collections until early January, when the filing extension ends. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, often disagrees with Barbour on spending and public policy. But in a telephone interview Friday, McCoy said Barbour is "probably ...

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    Related Topix: Haley Barbour, US Governors

  5. Speaker confident of better IHL fundingRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 9 | Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

    By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said Wednesday he is confident that a special committee he named will provide solid recommendations on ways to ...

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    Related Topix: Jackson, MS

  6. Allegations throw IHL and Mississippi State into limboRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 8 | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

    ... this year the 12-member College Board and Meredith had made a breakthrough on the issue. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, in his capacity as chair of the powerful Legislative Budget Committee, just recently formed a joint House-Senate committee ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi State, MS, Mississippi State University, Jackson, MS, Oxford, MS, Tupelo, MS

  7. Bobby Harrison:Watson/Meredith allegations hamper College Board actionsRead the original story

    Tuesday Sep 30 | Djournal.com

    ... this year the 12-member College Board and Meredith had made a breakthrough on the issue. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, in his capacity as chair of the powerful Legislative Budget Committee, just recently formed a joint House-Senate committee ...

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    Related Topix: Jackson, MS, Mississippi State University, Oxford, MS, Mississippi State, MS, BancorpSouth, Banking, Financial Services, Opinion

  8. IHL board to look into allegations out of MSURead the original story

    Saturday Sep 27 | Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

    ... Thomas Meredith and Vance Watson, interim president of Mississippi State University. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, expressing concern as a Mississippi State graduate and a legislator, said he was informed Friday afternoon "there has been some ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi State University, Jackson, MS, Oxford, MS, Mississippi State, MS

  9. Board to look at allegations involving commissioner, MSU interim president

    Friday Sep 26 | Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

    ... Thomas Meredith and Vance Watson, interim president of Mississippi State University. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, a Mississippi State graduate, said, he was informed Friday afternoon "there has been some allegations concerning some work done ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi State University, Oxford, MS, Mississippi State, MS

  10. HI has received more than $50M in assistance

    Sep 7, 2008 | Laurel Leader-Call

    ... lawmakers were weary. "It's like a corn crop," then-Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi said. "There's no need of planting a corn crop unless you know you're going to get more out of it than you put in it." Sen. Mike ...

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    Related Topix: Vicksburg, MS, Immigration Reform, Ellisville, MS, Jones County, MS, Laurel, MS

  11. Credit GOP with saving state some travel cashRead the original story

    Aug 28, 2008 | Vicksburg Post

    ... Republican Party's exposing the approval given, apparently on his own authority, by House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, for Rep. Tyrone Ellis, D-Starkville, to attend the National Democratic Convention with the people of Mississippi paying his way. ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Opinion

  12. Bobby Harrison:McCoy made costly errorRead the original story

    Aug 26, 2008 | Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

    ... no bones about it - he is a Democrat, a bona fide one. Events have forced him to choose. But at times the 66-year-old Rienzi native acts like the Transportation Committee vice chair or the Ways and Means chairman who was just as willing to override ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, US News, Opinion

  13. Bobby Harrison:Prosecutors should move forward or say it's overRead the original story

    Aug 19, 2008 | Djournal.com

    ... it closed, the blame for the failure was placed on a number of politicians, including House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, and Ag Commissioner Lester Spell, to name a few. Blame was not placed on Musgrove. ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Mississippi, Mississippi Government, Opinion

  14. Mississippi still plugging away at poverty to little effectRead the original story

    Aug 19, 2008 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... offered legislation based on those findings, but most of the bills were unsuccessful. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, created a select Poverty Committee this year. Its charge was similar to the Delta task force, but applicable to the entire ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Mississippi Government

  15. Officials to pay own convention expensesRead the original story

    Aug 19, 2008 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... to attend the National Republican Convention in St. Paul, Minn. It begins Sept. 1. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said he's not going to the Democrats' convention, which begins Monday. Some estimate it costs participants thousands of dollars ...

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  16. DeSoto seeks location for new jail

    Aug 18, 2008 | Commercial Appeal

    ... consultant. Supervisors have since hired a $3,000-a-month jail consultant, Irb Benjamin, a former state lawmaker from Rienzi. The board adopted the report, which also contains a controversial proposal for the county to bill cities in the area for ...

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    Related Topix: Hernando, MS, Desoto County, MS

  17. Mississippi still plugging away at poverty

    Aug 18, 2008 | WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

    ... offered legislation based on those findings, but most of the bills were unsuccessful. House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, created a select Poverty Committee this year. Its charge was similar to the Delta task force, but applicable to the entire ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Mississippi Government

  18. Legislature adjourns special sessionRead the original story

    Aug 5, 2008 | Picayune Item

    ... that I have not seen," Bryant said. "I think we can do this if we need to in January." House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said Barbour and the Senate were unwilling to compromise. Since the special session began, the House has been trying to raise ...

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Mississippi Government, Healthcare Law, Law

  19. Medicaid shortfall resolved, Barbour saysRead the original story

    Aug 5, 2008 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... this week as a result of House Democrats objecting to a separate hospital tax plan. But House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said, 'We're concerned (the new plan) is just the same mule with a different gear on it, and just as much corn will be ...

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    Related Topix: Health, Medicaid, Healthcare Law, Law

  20. Medicaid cuts withdrawnRead the original story

    Jul 31, 2008 | The Clarion-Ledger

    ... unaware of the developments and referred questions to Barbour's office. House Speaker Billy McCoy, a Democrat from Rienzi who objected to the planned cuts, said Medicaid's action 'verifies and vindicates our opinion all along about whether ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law