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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 17, 2021

Attorney General Fitch Urges Feds to Not Hold State Tax-Cutting Authority Hostage

Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined twenty-one state attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) to take immediate action to ensure the American Rescue Plan Act (“Act”) does not strip states of their core authority to implement basic state tax policy. “With this bill, Congress again defies the Constitution in an effort to strip…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 17, 2021

Finance Chair elaborates on Senate’s position regarding House income tax plan

Chairman of Finance, Senator Josh Harkins, sat down to discuss the reasons behind why the Senate did not move forward with HB 1439, the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act. The deadline for original floor action on bills coming from the opposite chamber was Tuesday. That means, the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act had to be taken up…