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Black alumni associations voice opposition to school merger

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:05:25 GMT

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – Alumni representatives from the state's three historically black universities met with state officials Thursday.
Source: WLBT

Barbour cuts more than $50 M from Mississippi budget

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:41:28 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he is cutting almost $54.3 million from Mississippi's nearly $6 million budget.
Source: WLBT

Central Michigan hires a new president

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:18:30 GMT

UPDATED 1:43 PM JACKSON, Miss. Alcorn State University President George E. Ross is leaving the Mississippi campus to take a job in Michigan.
Source: Lansing State Journal

Miss. governor set to announce more budget cuts

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:47:03 GMT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is set to announce a second round of state budget cuts, only five months into the fiscal year. Barbour will announce the reductions during a news conference Thursday afternoon in Jackson.
Source: Yall Politics

Governor Set To Announce More Budget Cuts

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:25:15 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is set to announce a second round of state budget cuts, only five months into the fiscal year. Barbour will announce the reductions during a news conference Thursday afternoon in Jackson.
Source: WAPT Jackson

Barbour to announce more budget cuts today

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:40:11 GMT

JACKSON Gov. Haley Barbour is set to announce a second round of state budget cuts, only five months into the fiscal year. Barbour will announce the reductions during a news conference this afternoon in Jackson.
Source: Hattiesburg American

Community Colleges eye athletic budgets

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:36:00 GMT

staff and wire Mississippi’s community colleges will be taking a hard look at the size of their athletic budgets in the coming weeks, in light of Gov. Haley Barbour’s recommendation in November to downsize or eliminate athletic programs systemwide.
Source: The Meridian Star

Quoted in 'Gov. Barbour says Mississippi’s tax revenue plunged in November'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:24:06 GMT

Haley Barbour said in Yall Politics:

November's revenue report is further confirmation of what we have known for months: Mississippi's state budget will not recover from this recession any time soon

November state tax collections sluggish

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:01:03 GMT

Mississippi's tax collections in November fell short of expectations for the 15th consecutive month, causing some lawmakers to worry about what will happen in another round of state budget cuts.
Source: The Clarion-Ledger

Quoted in 'Wash Times Says My Twitter Feed Is "Over the Line" - Same Paper Attacks Obama For Being Half Black'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:20:21 GMT

said in Open Left:

Haley Barbour is the perfect GOP icon: A grotesquely fat corporate lobbyist whose gubernatorial rule keeps his state 1 of America's poorest.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:15:03 GMT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss. , center, accompanied by Vermont Gov. James Douglas, R-Vt. , left, and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

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Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:06:32 GMT

Republican Govs. Dave Heineman of Nevada, left, and Haley Barbour of Mississippi, right, greet attendees at the National Governors Association's annual meeting, Saturday, July 18, 2009, in Biloxi, Miss.