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January 23, 2017

HALL: #msleg left with wait-and-see-if-the-federal-government-will-bail-us-out approach on roads

SAM HALL: Waiting for Godot: Lawmakers, Trump and infrastructure The latest idea to address Mississippi’s desperate need for multimillion-dollar road and bridge upgrades is to wait and see what President Donald Trump unveils in his infrastructure initiative… …Instead, we’re left with the wait-and-see-if-the-federal-government-will-bail-us-out approach. The problem is that Trump’s infrastructure plan likely is not going…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2017

LATINO: If #msleg pursues internet sales tax hopefully they will offset with tax reduction

Russ Latino: Internet sales tax on the menu? People like to shop online. Government likes to collect taxes. Put those two things together and calls to force out-of-state online businesses to collect sales tax are not far behind. There are arguments on both sides of the “internet sales tax” debate, including whether it’s unconstitutional…. …However,…