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July 1, 2010

CA – Pinching pennies put 2010 in black for Miss.

Pinching pennies put 2010 in black Mississippi finished the 2010 fiscal year Wednesday with a $54 million shortfall in June’s tax collections, but Gov. Haley Barbour’s $466 million worth of spending cuts throughout the year leave the state with a surplus as the 2011 fiscal year begins today. Overall, the state’s revenue collections were $405.4…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 1, 2010

SH – Tax breaks for small businesses proposed

Tax breaks for small businesses proposed WASHINGTON — Gulf Coast U.S. senators, including Mississippi Republicans Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, are co-sponsoring legislation giving a tax break to small businesses in Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana hurt by the oil spill. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has offered an amendment to a small-business lending bill to…