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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2022
Lawmakers strike a deal on historic cut of Mississippi state income tax
The plan will eliminate the 4% bracket over four years and step down the 5% bracket over six years. UPDATE March 27, 4:00 p.m.: On Sunday, after a procedurally required hold on the filed conference report the House and Senate both adopted the report on the floor late in the afternoon. The House passed the…
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Guest Editorial
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March 24, 2022
WILLIAMS: The PSC, Green Energy and Grand Gulf
Submitted by Kelley Williams with Bigger Pie Forum “There’s probably no way to even the odds for customers. But it would help if they had a Consumer Advocate with standing and resources to question utility experiments,” Williams writes. Once again, we encourage the Mississippi Public Service Commission to do its job: assure reliable affordable electricity…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 21, 2022
Mississippi sets new record for its lowest unemployment rate, Bureau of Labor Statistics reports
The state reaches unemployment rate of 4.6% in January 2022. Last week, a State Employment and Unemployment report conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that ten states hit record-low unemployment rates in January 2022, including Mississippi. The BLS report showed that Nebraska and Utah had the lowest unemployment rates in the nation in…
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Frank Corder
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March 18, 2022
Jackson’s trash debate heads to Court
Mayor, City Council at odds over state of emergency, garbage contract. On Monday, Special Judge Jess Dickinson, a former state Supreme Court Justice, has scheduled a hearing and status conference for 2 p.m. in the case of Lumumba v. Jackson City Council in the Hinds Chancery Court. Dickinson was appointed to hear the case by…
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Editor
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March 14, 2022
Can Mississippi afford income tax relief? House and Senate fiscal analysis say . . . Yes.
House and Senate Analysis Side By Side As the debate began in earnest in the early parts of the 2022 session, Mississippi House and Senate leaders scrambled to win the war of datapoints on their tax cut proposals. Mississippi, flush with over a billion dollars in recurring revenues in excess of expected collections, has what…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 11, 2022
Governor Reeves, while reluctant to call a special session, says it’s not off the table to address elimination of income tax
As deadline for Appropriations, Revenue bills originating in other chamber approaches, Reeves speaks on the elimination of the state’s income tax. On Friday, Governor Tate Reeves (R) held a ceremonial signing for House Bill 779, which ensures that families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who pass away due to contracting COVID-19 in the line of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 11, 2022
WICKER: President Biden should admit his anti-energy agenda is main reason America is paying more
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “The only real solution to this self-imposed energy crisis is for President Biden to end his war on American energy.” When President Biden took office, Mississippians were paying $1.88 for a gallon of gasoline. Today, we are fast approaching $4 per gallon after just 14 months under his leadership. The…
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Frank Corder
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March 10, 2022
How would eliminating the income tax in Mississippi help your family? MCPP’s calculator can answer that.
MCPP says the math shows the House plan would give families a massive tax break, Senate plan would hardly help at all. What would income tax elimination mean for you and your family? To help Mississippians see how their family finances would be impacted by the proposal to eliminate the state income tax, the Mississippi…
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Frank Corder
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March 9, 2022
Business leaders across Mississippi call for income tax elimination now
A letter in support of repealing the state income tax was delivered to state lawmakers today. Business leaders across the state are calling on the Mississippi Legislature to repeal the state income tax. In a letter addressed to Governor Tate Reeves, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Speaker Philip Gunn and all members of the Legislature delivered…
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Frank Corder
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March 9, 2022
Mississippi Legislature looks to control who you can buy a car from
Tesla is opposing the bill that passed the Mississippi House, saying it blocks direct sales of EVs. The question of whether the state government should decide how you buy a car, whether from a local franchise or directly from the manufacturer, is before the Mississippi Senate this week. HB 833, authored by State Rep. Trey…
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Frank Corder
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March 8, 2022
Oxford Starbucks staff try to justify union push with claims of racism, transphobia from customers and management
Starbucks Workers United is an effort that is a part of Workers United, a labor union that describes itself as “built upon a foundation of social justice.” The staff of a Starbucks in Oxford, Mississippi is claiming that due to them having to “endure homophobia, racism, and transphobia on a near daily basis” from customers…
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Frank Corder
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March 8, 2022
Gas, commodities price increases a result of Biden Administration policies, Russia’s war on Ukraine
Mississippians, like the rest of America, will feel the pain in their pocketbooks as neither the Biden White House nor Russia plan to reverse course. As nations grapple with how to respond to Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, the general consensus has been to impose economic sanctions aimed at undermining Russia’s ability to engage in the…
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Frank Corder
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December 27, 2024
Mississippi Valley State’s marching band invited to perform in Trump’s Inauguration Parade
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 27, 2024
Magnolia Mornings: December 27, 2024
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Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
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December 23, 2024
Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown
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Frank Corder
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December 16, 2024
Stark Aerospace adding nearly 100 jobs in Columbus to support new U.S. Navy contract
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Lynne Jeter
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December 11, 2024
Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network awarded $7.1 Million in RESTORE funding
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Frank Corder
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December 10, 2024
DeLisle announced as site for new PCC GulfChem plant
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Susan Marquez
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December 27, 2024
Clear your head at Postcard Cabins Homochitto
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C.H. Spurgeon
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December 27, 2024
A good witness
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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December 26, 2024
Power of blood
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Susan Crabtree
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December 27, 2024
Could 2024 Trump’s victory counter a 2026 ‘Midterm Curse’?
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Sid Salter
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December 25, 2024
Supreme Court: Awaiting the post-Christmas ghost of TikTok Future and Trump’s return
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Rebecca Grant
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December 23, 2024
Boosting the maritime industrial base for Navy combat power
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