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November 2, 2016

Pascagoula voters approve food tax on second try

Pascagoula voters approve restaurant tax increase The second time proved to be the charm for Pascagoula’s proposed restaurant tax increase. Residents went to the polls on Tuesday, with 61 percent voting in favor of the 2 percent tax hike. When the same issue was on the ballot on August 30, it garnered 56 percent support,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 2, 2016

Attorney Carlos Moore asks 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to order a trial on his #msflag lawsuit

Attorney tries to revive Confederate emblem lawsuit A Mississippi attorney is asking a federal appeals court to revive his lawsuit that sought to erase the Confederate emblem from the state flag. A district judge dismissed Carlos Moore’s lawsuit in September, rejecting his argument that the emblem is an unconstitutional vestige of slavery. Moore’s attorney filed…