clarionledger.com: "Legislative leaders blew Saturday night's deadline to patch together a state spending plan even with Gov. Haley Barbour's last-minute redirection off the presidential campaign trail and back to Jackson to deal with the drama at home."
NEMS360.com - Legislators miss key state budget deadline: "Republican Gov. Haley Barbour's sudden return to the state on Saturday did not spur a budget agreement between House and Senate leaders."
Lawmakers miss their budget deadline | AP/The Natchez Democrat: "Mississippi lawmakers missed their Saturday night deadline to file a $5.5 billion state budget compromise, but negotiators say they’ll continue talks over the coming days. “This is not the end of the road,” said Senate Appropriations Chairman Doug Davis, R-Hernando."
“No budget is better than a bad budget. There is still plenty of time for the House and Senate to agree with me on a responsible budget that reduces expenditures and maintains reserves while adequately funding the priorities of our state.”
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NEMS360.com - Legislators miss key state budget deadline: "Republican Gov. Haley Barbour's sudden return to the state on Saturday did not spur a budget agreement between House and Senate leaders."
Lawmakers miss their budget deadline | AP/The Natchez Democrat: "Mississippi lawmakers missed their Saturday night deadline to file a $5.5 billion state budget compromise, but negotiators say they’ll continue talks over the coming days. “This is not the end of the road,” said Senate Appropriations Chairman Doug Davis, R-Hernando."
STATEMENT OF GOV. BARBOUR ON FY 2012 BUDGET
“No budget is better than a bad budget. There is still plenty of time for the House and Senate to agree with me on a responsible budget that reduces expenditures and maintains reserves while adequately funding the priorities of our state.”
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