Barbour set to announce more budget cuts

The governor also said he would abide by a Supreme Court order that says he cannot reduce the judiciary's budget.

Barbour said he's likely to take another $21 million from the state budget on top of the $437 million he has cut thus far in three previous rounds of reductions.

"The problem is it's getting worse not better," Barbour said, speaking this morning to The Clarion-Ledger editorial board.

Barbour said the additional cut is based on one of the more positive numbers to arise from several different revenue estimating models.

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