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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2018

Supreme Court finally brought online sales, use tax law fairness to Main Street

By: Sid Salter In a 5-4 decision that strangely crossed traditional judicial ideological lines, the Supreme Court last week brought online sales and use tax law fairness to mom-and-pop merchants on Main Street who had long been at a seven percent price disadvantage in Mississippi in competition with out-of-state online retailers. Was this ruling a…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2018

Bridging the gap between the formerly incarcerated and jobs

Let the formerly incarcerated work Mississippi has a recidivism problem that’s jeopardizing public safety and burdening taxpayers. As of 2013, the Magnolia State had the nation’s third-highest incarceration rate per capita. What’s more, research suggests that around 95 percent of Mississippi’s enormous prison population will eventually be freed. And, unfortunately, around three quarters of those…