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March 1, 2021
NFIB: With the Income Tax Bill, ‘The Devil’s in the Details’
NFIB State Director Dawn Starns McVea released the following statement today on HB 1439, legislation that would phase out the state income tax over 10 years: “While our members support the idea of eliminating the state individual income tax, the devil’s in the details, and HB 1439 would end up helping some small business owners but raising taxes on specific industries such…
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February 25, 2021
Empower Mississippi Releases Dynamic Modeling on Elimination of Income Tax
Empower Mississippi has released a new report that provides dynamic modeling under two scenarios for eliminating the income tax, a comparative analysis that demonstrates that states without income taxes can both sustain reasonable government spending and thrive economically, and some policy considerations for lawmakers weighing transformative tax reform. Empower Mississippi began this project last year. It was…
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Frank Corder
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February 24, 2021
Mississippi Governor Reeves joins 16 other Governors to oppose Biden’s oil, gas lease ban
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed on to a letter to President Joe Biden opposing his oil and gas lease ban. Reeves joined Governors Spencer Cox, Utah; Mark Gordon, Wyoming; Kay Ivey, Alabama; Mike Dunleavy, Alaska; Doug Ducey, Arizona; Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas; Brad Little, Idaho; Eric Holcomb, Indiana; Mike Parson, Missouri; Greg Gianforte, Montana; Pete…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 23, 2021
Speaker Gunn unpacks income tax phase out plan at Capitol press conference
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) held a press conference on Tuesday to discuss the particulars of HB 1439, the plan that would phase out the state’s income tax over 10 years. “Anyone in Mississippi who pays an income tax, today is the day that we start to eliminate that burden for you,”…
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Frank Corder
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February 23, 2021
Tennessee Democrat Congressman Cohen asks President Biden to stop Byhalia Pipeline benefiting North Mississippi
A Tennessee Democrat Congressman is asking President Joe Biden to direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rescind its recently issued nationwide permit to Valero Energy and All Plains American for its proposed Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would run through southwest Memphis and north Mississippi. Congressman Steve Cohen said in a release on Monday…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 22, 2021
Speaker Gunn files legislation to eliminate income tax over 10 years
The Mississippi House of Representatives has dropped a major tax exemption bill. Authored by Speaker Philip Gunn and co-authored by Representatives Jason White and Trey Lamar, the bill would create the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2021, HB 1439. The legislation’s intent is to increase the amount of personal exemptions under state income tax, in…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 19, 2021
Op-Ed: Landfill Bill Gives People a Voice
Madison County is a great place to grow up, raise a family, work and retire. We are blessed with good schools, loving churches, career opportunities and wonderful people. We have a bright future, so it strikes locals as most peculiar that NCL Waste garbage company has been determined to turn Madison County into the landfill capital of…
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Frank Corder
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February 17, 2021
MS House Transportation Chair Busby talks bill aimed at statewide referendum to raise gas tax
Mississippi House Transportation Commission Chairman Rep. Charles Busby joined Y’all Politics on Wednesday to discuss a new proposal in the Ways and Means Committee that would offer a statewide referendum to raise the gas tax on a temporary basis for specified road and bridge projects. HB 1364, or the “2021 Mississippi Road and Bridge Improvements Fund,” would…
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Frank Corder
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February 16, 2021
Two South Mississippi metro areas among tops in nation for jobs added during COVID pandemic
Two metro areas in Mississippi made the 24/7 Wall St. list for the “American Cities That Added Jobs During the Pandemic” – Hattiesburg and Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula. “The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the United States. Health authorities reported over 26.7 million cases as of Feb. 4, more than 450,000 of which have…
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February 11, 2021
MDA: Electronic components manufacturer East Systems expanding in Columbus
Electronic components manufacturing company East Systems is expanding in Columbus to accommodate an increase in demand. The project is an $890,100 corporate investment and will create a dozen jobs. “Mississippi’s small businesses, such as East Systems, are the backbone of our state’s economy. When they add new, good-paying jobs, it is a testament to the fact that…
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Frank Corder
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February 11, 2021
Fitch joins 13 other Attorneys General in challenging Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined 13 other AGs in challenging President Joe Biden’s unilateral cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline. In a letter to Biden, the group urges the President to reconsider his actions and warns of pending litigation over the matter. “Please be aware that the states are reviewing available legal options to…
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February 9, 2021
Thompson to lead Congressional Hearing on Cyber Threats Facing the Nation
On Wednesday, February 10th, the Committee on Homeland Security, chaired by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), will hold a hearing with former Federal government cybersecurity officials and cybersecurity experts on the full range of cyber threats facing the nation. This hearing will be the Committee’s first in a series that will assess the nation’s approach to cybersecurity,…
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July 22, 2025
House ending session early as Republicans clash over Epstein vote
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 22, 2025
Jackson-based charter school receives approval to expand into high school
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Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press
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July 22, 2025
Trump’s Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces
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Lynne Jeter
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July 17, 2025
Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract
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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2025
Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028
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Lynne Jeter
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July 8, 2025
Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event
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Meredith Biesinger
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July 22, 2025
The Mississippi Art Colony: Mississippi’s best-kept creative secret
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C.H. Spurgeon
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Expect trouble
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Parrish Alford
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