Skip to content

News

News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 18, 2009

DISPATCH – MUW merger plan: State wouldn’t see savings until 2012

DISPATCH – MUW merger plan: State wouldn’t see savings until 2012 Merging Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University in 2011 will save $35 million … in 2012. As expected, Gov. Haley Barbour recommended in his Monday budget proposal the two state universities be merged to save on administrative costs. He also recommended Alcorn…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 18, 2009

SALTER – Barbour’s budget plan tosses gauntlet to the Legislature

SALTER – Barbour’s budget plan tosses gauntlet to the Legislature Gov. Haley Barbour’s Fiscal Year 2011 Executive Budget Recommendation contains something for almost every lobbyist, special interest group, educational institution, state agency head and state employee to dislike. The Barbour budget plan cuts public education at virtually every level, cuts Medicaid, cuts the state’s mental…