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February 25, 2015

Former US Senators Trent Lott, John Breaux discuss current Congressional environment

Ex-Senators: Congress Remains Stuck Lott said long congressional recesses and weekends out of Washington have harmed the interpersonal relationships that can sometimes help resolve tough issues. Breaux agreed, saying, “It’s difficult to stab someone in the back in the morning when you had dinner with them the night before.” Other causes of a lack of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 25, 2015

SUN HERALD editorial board calls Speaker Gunn’s tax plan “deceptive and unworkable…laughable”

SUN HERALD | Editorial: Gunn’s plan to phase out income tax is unworkable Speaker of the House Philip Gunn’s proposal to phase out Mississippi’s individual income tax is political pandering. It is both deceptive and unworkable. It is cruel because it gives taxpayers the idea that state government really can, in the words of Lt.…