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February 26, 2021

MCRAE: Savings Shootout

“And she dribbles, shoots, and scores – a scholarship!” For twelve lucky students, that will be the announcement they’ll hear over the intercom during the upcoming state basketball tournament. For many Mississippians, sports can be the motivation and the means through which they achieve their college dreams. But sports scholarships can be hard to come…
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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…