clarionledger.com: "House Democrats say Gov. Haley Barbour's absence from the state is stalling budget negotiations in the final days of the session."
AP/SunHerald.com: "Legislators face a Saturday deadline to agree on details of a $5.5 billion budget for fiscal 2012, which begins July 1. They've been at working on the budget since September and are now engaged in last-minute wrangling over how much money to put in programs ranging from education to prisons to mental health."
