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December 31, 2007

Miss. lawmakers to be tapped for $129M in education funding

The Clarion-Ledger, 12/30/7 Piecemealing reform through the state Legislature hasn’t worked in the past, education advocates say. So this time, they’re trying something different. In the upcoming session, the Mississippi Department of Education will present lawmakers with an omnibus bill that will cost at least $129 million and cover everything from fully funding the state’s…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 31, 2007

CL – New tax plan?: Gov. Barbour pledged revamp

New tax plan?: Gov. Barbour pledged revamp Mississippi’s sales tax is the second highest in the nation at 7 percent, trailing only California. Mississippi is now one of only two states that charge the full state sales tax rate on food and that tax is the highest in the country. Mississippi’s cigarette tax is the…