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January 14, 2009

State of the State: Budget cuts on horizon

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 Mississippi’s public schools, sheltered from earlier budget reductions, now face cuts of less than 5 percent as they join a second round of budget-trimming forced by a shaky economy. State revenues will fall between $175 million and $310 million below estimates for the current fiscal year, prompting deeper budget cuts, Gov. Haley…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 14, 2009

Barbour: Economic times tough, but will get better

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/14/9 Budget woes consumed a large portion of the 45-minute State of the State speech delivered Tuesday evening by Gov. Haley Barbour to a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature. The Republican Barbour, delivering his sixth such speech, sounded a somber tone as he told lawmakers, other state elected officials…