Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will provide the state with his recommendations for the budget today. With revenues lagging behind estimates for the last year, politicians and pundits expect the announced cuts to be deep and wide.

On Barbour's table are cuts to already lean agency budgets, public school district and state university consolidations, furloughs and layoffs. Experts do not expect Barbour to raise taxes to increase the state's revenue, however he will likely ask the Legislature to increase his power to make cuts without their approval.