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February 20, 2017

Internet sales tax effort aimed at challenging SCOTUS precedent

Mississippi internet sales tax would challenge legal precedent Some tax experts and conservative groups are questioning a proposed Mississippi regulation that would require large sellers to collect taxes on internet sales. Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson agrees that the rule, not yet enacted, would directly challenge decades of U.S. Supreme Court precedent. He says challenging the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 20, 2017

Gov. Bryant to call special session on education funding only after broad agreement in #msleg

Bryant: Special session only after consensus on education JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he will call a special legislative session on education funding only after lawmakers reach broad agreement on the main points of a proposal. Top Republicans in the House and Senate say they want to rewrite the school funding…