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January 27, 2009

Tuition cap: Lack of stable funding critical

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/27/9 Since 2000, the average tuition at Mississippi’s eight universities has increased from an annual rate of $2,864 to the current $4,742. That fact doesn’t take into account the fact that a sputtering economy is dragging down Mississippi’s current revenue collections. Gov. Haley Barbour has been forced to make two rounds of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 27, 2009

Lt. gov. discusses proposed tobacco tax hike

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/27/9 The state Senate could pass a tobacco tax increase this week, but it likely will not be as high as the 82 cents per pack that already has cleared the Mississippi House. Lt. Gov Phil Bryant figures the Senate will consider adding 50 to 60 cents to the existing 18-cents a-pack tax…