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Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today’s senior capitol reporter, covers politics, government and the Mississippi State Legislature. He also writes a weekly news analysis which is co-published in newspapers statewide. A native of Laurel, Bobby joined our team June 2018 after working for the North Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo since 1984. He is president of the Mississippi Capitol Press Corps Association and works with the Mississippi State University Stennis Institute to organize press luncheons. Bobby has a bachelor's in American Studies from the University of Southern Mississippi and has received multiple awards from the Mississippi Press Association, including the Bill Minor Best Investigative/In-depth Reporting and Best Commentary Column.

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PSC’s Presley: Don’t expect ratepayer help with Mississippi Power’s federal Kemper debt

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Posted inElection 2019

Favored Reeves so far focused on Hood, national Democrats, not his Republican foes

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Posted inGovernment

Port Gibson: Decades-long wait for historic 1987 highway program’s completion may be near

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Posted in2019 Legislative Session

Teacher pay: Candidates weigh in on botched pay raise but no consensus emerges on possible $15 million shortfall

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Posted inAnalysis

Grocery tax unpopular, but cutting it hasn’t been winner for politicians

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Posted in2019 Legislative Session

‘This is a really big deal’ — some teachers left out of pay raise due to administrative error

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Posted inElection

Gerrymandering lawsuit over Senate District 22 headed back to court as governor challenges order to redraw map

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Posted inAnalysis

Hood hoping northeast Mississippi will put region over party loyalty again

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Posted in2019 Legislative Session

County officials’ pay hike trimmed after outcry over amount given to teachers, state employees

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Posted in2019 Legislative Session

Legislators give up effort to block funds sneaked in budget for private school program

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Posted in2019 Legislative Session

Voting rights restoration for 16 former felons clears Legislature after two lawmakers push to find common ground

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Election 2019: Will Mississippians reclaim state’s history of political debates?

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Ep. 48: Steve Holland: From Republican to Democrat to Independent

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As leaders claim economic boom times, some state workers decry 3 percent raise as ‘a half a tank of gas’

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Lieutenant governor’s power derives from senators; lawmaker says chamber must take back its authority

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