Barbour releases budget plans to lawmakers first

The Clarion-Ledger, 11/17/8

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is releasing his budget recommendations to lawmakers before announcing them to the general public.

Barbour spokesman Pete Smith says the governor wants to give legislators a day to examine the plans for fiscal 2010, which begins July 1.

Smith says the governor’s budget was being sent to lawmakers on Monday and would be publicly released at a news conference Tuesday.