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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 10, 2022

Former MS Democrat AG candidate Jennifer Riley Collins appointed as CAO of Delta Regional Authority

DRA was created by Congress in 2000 to promote and encourage economic development of the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt. On Tuesday, the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced the appointment of Jennifer Riley Collins as Chief Administrative Officer under the Biden-Harris Administration. Riley Collins, who formally served as the Owner and Principal…
Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
August 10, 2022

Do poor Mississippians stand to be audited by IRS more following “Inflation Reduction Act”?

Research shows Mississippi is the highest audited state in the nation.  Last weekend, U.S. Senate Democrats, at the urging of President Joe Biden, passed the “Inflation Reduction Act.”  Among the provisions in the bill is a funding increase for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that looks to add some 87,000 new agents in that federal…