Post-Katrina Budgets

Things aren't looking good for the community colleges in South Mississippi.

Community colleges affected by Hurricane Katrina face a looming cash flow crisis that could result in personnel cuts as early as the spring, leaders of area two-year institutions said Wednesday.

“Six months out, am I going to be able to keep the lights on and pay salaries?” Pearl River Community College President William Lewis said during a meeting with the editorial board of the Hattiesburg American.