Chainsaw massacre continues; Barbour cuts $40 million from budget

  Gov. Haley Barbour announced today that an additional $41 million was disappearing from the state’s budget for fiscal year 2010 because of spiraling state revenue collections. Since the budget year started last July, $499.1 million has been cut. “Hopefully we’re making the last cuts of the year,” Barbour said. The latest round of cuts comes just [...] [...]