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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 9, 2022

SALTER: Origin of state’s huge budget surplus lost in legislative march toward massive tax cuts

By: Sid Salter Is Mississippi on solid fiscal footing for the future as the Republican leadership of both houses of the Mississippi Legislature take slightly different paths in their march toward a massive tax cut? As in most matters of politics and public policy, the answer to that question depends on who is providing the…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
February 9, 2022

Speaker Gunn rolls out graphic comparison of House vs. Senate income tax cut proposals

The Mississippi House is willing to move toward full elimination, the Senate shows caution with a bracket elimination. Both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature have proposed plans to cut the state’s individual income tax. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) released graphics that depicted the House’s comparison of the two chambers’ proposals…