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Haley Barbour
In a statement Monday, Barbour said he is now allowing lawmakers to consider budget bills for most general fund agencies, such as public education. The state fiscal year begins Wednesday.
When the special session started Sunday, Barbour initially allowed lawmakers to consider only special fund agencies, which get their money from fees or specific taxes such as the gasoline tax that goes to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
Barbour still is not allowing legislators to consider a budget for Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the needy. House and Senate negotiators have not come up with a Medicaid funding plan that the governor likes.
Got to take care of education and roads, but health care has to wait? This man has some strange priorities ....