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February 20, 2017

Former Gov, SECNAV Mabus wants to know what Russian “had to do with our democracy”

Former Miss. governor talks to Millsaps College students The former Secretary of the Navy says he wants to know about Russia’s involvement in the presidential election. Ray Mabus, who served under President Barack Obama, spoke Friday at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. He says he wants to know “what the Russian intelligence services had to…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
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…