Haley Barbour

Haley Barbour proposal to merge Mississippi HBCUs meets with ire

Terra Sigillata (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Last Monday, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi dropped a bombshell in his new budget proposal. From the Jackson Free Press : In his Nov. 16 budget proposal, Barbour announced that the state was facing a $715 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2011 and another $500 million shortage in fiscal year 2012. In addition to merging the state's HBCUs, he suggested many draconian budget cuts in response...

Proposal to merge black schools draws fire

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.

The Education Agenda

The Debate Link (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

A big part of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's (R- Wildly Corrupt ) budget plan involves closing down a bunch of HBCUs, consolidating them with Jackson State University. Leaders of the schools facing merger are strongly opposed to the idea. See the Field Negro for more. He observes: "And here I thought republicans wanted blacks to be educated. Why doesn't he merge Southern Mississippi into...

Miss. proposal to merge black schools draws fire

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

JACKSON, Miss. -- Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.

Miss. proposal to merge black schools draws fire

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.

Mississippi Fights to Remain Number One in Institutional Racism

BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Governor Haley Barbour hit the Mississippi politician superfecta: he's proposed something that is at once racist, sexist, classist, and bad for education. Barbour's proposed budget would merge the state's three public historically black colleges into one public historically black college.

Mississippi Fights to Remain Number One in Institutional Racism [Black People]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Governor Haley Barbour hit the Mississippi politician superfecta: he's proposed something that is at once racist, sexist, classist, and bad for education. Barbour's proposed budget would merge the...

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Three Mississippi HBCUs could be consolidated

It's My Mind (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

This is news! Alcorn State and Jackson State Universities are rather well known HBCUs. Can't really say that about Mississippi Valley State (MSVU), the only thing I know about that school is that I have two relatives as alumnus from that school. This almost reminds me of a story out of Georgia , where the state government there wanted to merge public HBCUs not with other public HBCUs, but with other...

11/17 News: HBCUs

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Merger Proposal In Mississippi: Threat To HBCUs? Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour yesterday proposed combining the state's three public black colleges into one of the institutions, Jackson State University (hat tip: BlackElectorate.com ). While Barbour said that campuses would continue to exist at what are now Alcorn State University and Mississippi Valley State University, the proposal marks the most...

Barbour: Miss. gov needs more power to cut budget

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants more power to reduce state spending when times are tough.

Barbour: Miss. gov needs more power to cut budget

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants more power to reduce state spending when times are tough.

Aerospace Alliance takes off

Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

BAY MINETTE | Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the launch of the Aerospace Alliance before hundreds of supporters at Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minette on Monday. The alliance is designed to create an aerospace and aviation corridor from Panama City, Fla., to...

Miss. lawmakers hear talk of possible session

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

Several Mississippi lawmakers say they've heard a special session is possible in the next couple of weeks, with speculation that it would involve incentives for a proposed auto plant in Tunica County, but Gov. Haley Barbour has not made an announcement.

Haley Barbour on the Mississippi tort bar's excesses

PointOfLaw Forum (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009

Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi spoke at the Heritage Foundation today on the state's successes with tort reform, an event hosted by former Attorney General Ed Meese. During the Q&A period, Meese asked the governor about the effects of the...

Politico: Little Ricky for President(?)

Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009

“A new tide of popular grassroots opposition to the Obama Democrats' senseless policies and insatiable hunger for power is rising across America." -- former Senator Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum Someone's on the crack pipe . I suppose he fits right in with the birthers, teabaggers and the rest of the batsh*t base -- but how on earth can he broaden beyond that demo?! Add former Sen....