ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The news on the state revenue collections front continues to worsen. October reports show fiscal year 2010 state revenue continues to lag behind both budget projections and year-to-year comparisons.
Revenues for the first four months of FY10 dropped 7.5 percent, or $111.7 million, below estimates. Revenue for the month of October was 6.74 [...] [...]

JACKSON — Ole Miss chancellor Dr. Dan Jones told a crowd of about 100 people at yesterday’s Stennis Capitol Press Corps luncheon in Jackson that a "modest tuition increase" will be necessary to make up for cuts in state funds.
If not, Mississippi’s higher education system would be "devastated," Jones said, and would lead to the [...] [...]
JACKSON — With revenue collections still falling, Gov. Haley Barbour says additional budget cuts for FY2010 are “inevitable.”
A statement from Barbour read: “In view of the continuing revenue shortfall that threatens the state budget, I have begun working on additional cuts that will be needed to keep the budget in balance, as required by law. [...] [...]