Weekly News Quiz for Feb. 27, 2009. ...more

February 27, 2009

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February 20, 2009

A handful of Republican governors are considering turning down some money from the federal stimulus package, a move opponents say puts conservative ideology ahead of the needs of constituents struggling with record foreclosures and soaring unemployment. ...more

February 18, 2009

Republicans gathered last week to talk about what went wrong in the Nov. 4 election and how to fix it, and the two highest-profile leaders - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin - offered sharply different recipes for a comeback. ...more

November 16, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin played down thoughts of a 2012 presidential run Thursday, but still told a gathering of Republican governors that she and the other GOP state leaders must show the nation and the Obama administration the way on issues. ...more

November 14, 2008

It may be the result of misfortune for many - a hurricane - but the absence of President Bush from his party's convention here this week probably isn't a misfortune for John McCain. ...more

September 2, 2008

As part of its mission as the State Office of Volunteerism, the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service staff members are working out of the Mississippi Emergency Operations Center to fill volunteerism and donations functions there. ...more

August 31, 2008

The 1st Congressional District, the northernmost in the most culturally Southern state, has given the nation William Faulkner and Elvis Presley, and next Tuesday will have a special congressional election that will test the Republican hope that Barack Obama and his former pastor can be the basis of a Republican strategy to nationalize congressional races to the disadvantage of Democrats. ...more

May 9, 2008

Sen. Trent Lott, a 35-year Capitol Hill veteran who staged a political comeback after losing his Senate leadership post because of racially insensitive remarks, plans to resign from office before the year is out. ...more

November 27, 2007

Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a Republican whose lone term was dogged by a hiring scandal, lost badly Tuesday despite an election eve effort to woo conservative voters by displaying the Ten Commandments in the state Capitol. ...more

November 7, 2007