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April 26, 2017

Dept of Revenue calls for taxing of Airbnb, other rentals like hotels

DOR pushing to tax Airbnb, other rentals like hotels The state Department of Revenue is planning a change in regulations that would require people renting homes, condos or rooms through services such as the Airbnb online marketplace — or any other form of advertising or listing — to be taxed like hotels. The change would require…

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April 26, 2017

MITCHELL: State Sen. Chris McDaniel on pre-campaign ad survey in hopes of riding emotional wave versus US Sen. @RogerWicker

CHARLIE MITCHELL: McDaniel plans to ride emotional wave to US Senate Why would the name of a state senator from Ellisville be on a professionally created survey seeking voters’ views on national issues? The answer is obvious. The opinion survey is a pre-campaign ad. Chris McDaniel intends to be a U.S. senator. There’s nothing particularly…

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April 26, 2017

Gov. Bryant sets June 5th for #msleg special session

4/25/17

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April 25, 2017

@msdemocrats chair Moak takes his best shot at separating himself from @DNC on @paulgalloshow

Mississippi Democrat Party chairman Bobby Moak appeared on the Paul Gallo Show on SuperTalk Radio Tuesday morning to discuss his party and the current politics both in state and on the national level. Along the way, Moak did his best to run away from the national party’s positions. Gallo questioned Moak on the Democrats’ party…

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April 25, 2017

@MSGOP’s take on @DNC @TomPerez’s “every Democrat” should be pro-choice remark, notes @msdemocrats support of new national chair

RELEASE From the Mississippi Republican Party mass email: Here at the Mississippi Republican Party, you will often hear Chairman Nosef say: “Today in Mississippi, you can be a conservative or a Democrat, but you can’t be both.” This past Friday, we were once again reminded how true this has become. Tom Perez, the new…

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April 25, 2017

New FEC fundraising numbers are out

The numbers are telling by Alan Lange

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April 25, 2017

Audit says accounting weaknesses allowed MS Dept of Ed to misspend federal dollars

Audit: Weak accounting let Mississippi misspend federal cash Auditors say accounting weaknesses at the Mississippi Department of Education allowed an employee to improperly divert millions of federal dollars, causing the state to slash after-school grants to repay the misspent money. Two audits, released Friday, also find that the department wasn’t routinely making sure its books…

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April 25, 2017

Parents for Vaccine Rights want #msleg to give them choice

WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi WLOX / WLBT 4/24/17

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April 25, 2017

Pew study: PERS funding too low

Report says Mississippi pension funding too low A new report says that even if Mississippi’s public employee pension system was meeting investment assumptions, governments still aren’t putting away enough money to whittle down debt from previous pension underfunding. The study, released last week by the Pew Charitable Trusts, raises questions about the long-term course of…

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April 25, 2017

2009 @AGJimHood opinion used to allow agencies to continue receiving funding if not funding by #msleg

AG: Agencies can operate with no budgets But based on the 2009 opinion of the Attorney General Jim Hood’s office, his agency will continue to receive funding even if not funded by the Legislature because it has specific duties spelled out in the Constitution. Those duties include the responsibility to represent the state in civil…

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April 25, 2017

#MDOC Epps scandal makes officials question company

4/24/17

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April 25, 2017

Sen. @RogerWicker Votes to Confirm Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary

RELEASE Wicker Votes to Confirm Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted to confirm former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to be President Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture. The Senate confirmed Perdue’s nomination by a vote of 87-11. “Sonny Perdue is no stranger to the needs of America’s farmers and…

News

News | Frank Corder •

November 6, 2026

Lipscomb, a first-time candidate, says, “These are not my first fights,” as she launches Secretary of State bid

News | Paul Wiseman, Associated Press •

November 6, 2026

U.S. continues to generate jobs, yet inflation is eroding the spending power of millions of Americans

News | Jeremy Pittari •

November 6, 2026

Reeves announces approval of more than 100 Opportunity Zones under federal tax program

Business

Business | Meredith Biesinger •

October 22, 2026

New Albany’s claim to cake fame: Sugaree’s Bakery

Business | Frank Corder •

October 20, 2026

Fairbanks Morse Defense doubling manufacturing capacity at its Pascagoula facility

Business | Cass Rutledge •

October 20, 2026

Lumber manufacturer investing $8.3 million in Macon expansion

Culture

Culture | Chris Burrows, Associated Press •

November 6, 2026

No. 2 Georgia and No. 12 Mississippi meet again in a showcase of two of the SEC’s best since 2023

Culture | Susan Marquez •

November 6, 2026

Veteran’s Day events held across Mississippi

Culture | Alistair Begg •

November 6, 2026

Love in action

Opinion

Opinion | Russ Latino •

November 4, 2026

Democrats took Republicans behind the woodshed. The GOP has only itself to blame

Opinion | Sid Salter •

November 4, 2026

Like other tax proposals, California voters on Nov. 3 test-drove a tax on billionaires

Opinion | Russ Latino •

November 3, 2026

Magnolia Tribune

Dept of Revenue calls for taxing of Airbnb, other rentals like hotels

MITCHELL: State Sen. Chris McDaniel on pre-campaign ad survey in hopes of riding emotional wave versus US Sen. @RogerWicker

Gov. Bryant sets June 5th for #msleg special session

@msdemocrats chair Moak takes his best shot at separating himself from @DNC on @paulgalloshow

@MSGOP’s take on @DNC @TomPerez’s “every Democrat” should be pro-choice remark, notes @msdemocrats support of new national chair

New FEC fundraising numbers are out

Audit says accounting weaknesses allowed MS Dept of Ed to misspend federal dollars

Parents for Vaccine Rights want #msleg to give them choice

Pew study: PERS funding too low

2009 @AGJimHood opinion used to allow agencies to continue receiving funding if not funding by #msleg

#MDOC Epps scandal makes officials question company

Sen. @RogerWicker Votes to Confirm Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary

News

Lipscomb, a first-time candidate, says, “These are not my first fights,” as she launches Secretary of State bid

U.S. continues to generate jobs, yet inflation is eroding the spending power of millions of Americans

Reeves announces approval of more than 100 Opportunity Zones under federal tax program

Business

New Albany’s claim to cake fame: Sugaree’s Bakery

Fairbanks Morse Defense doubling manufacturing capacity at its Pascagoula facility

Lumber manufacturer investing $8.3 million in Macon expansion

Culture

No. 2 Georgia and No. 12 Mississippi meet again in a showcase of two of the SEC’s best since 2023

Veteran’s Day events held across Mississippi

Love in action

Opinion

Democrats took Republicans behind the woodshed. The GOP has only itself to blame

Like other tax proposals, California voters on Nov. 3 test-drove a tax on billionaires

A time for choosing: America’s future is bigger than one election

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