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February 3, 2009

Judges face unfilled promises

The Hattiesburg American, 2/2/9 A report in the November-December issue of The Mississippi Lawyer magazine, noted the National Center for State Courts’ July 2008 salary ranking – which also includes the District of Columbia – of Mississippi’s trial court judges’ salaries 50th out of 51. Mississippi circuit and chancery judges’ salaries are $104,170; Montana trails…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 3, 2009

Miss. tax collections down in Jan.

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 Mississippi revenues in January were better than the previous month, but most of the state’s tax collections remain sluggish. The state collected a total of $362 million for the general fund in January, according to the state Tax Commission. That’s $24 million, or 6.2 percent, below what was anticipated. Total tax collections…