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May 7, 2007

Food tax: Reform an election issue

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/6/7 That’s right. You lose. Mississippi is one of two states, along with Alabama, that levy the full-meal-deal sales tax on your meals. All other states either exempt food or reduce tax on it. Some give credits or rebates.
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 7, 2007

Barbour stakes claim to first ‘full funding’

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/6/7 Various media, including the Daily Journal, have reported that until this year, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program was fully funded only once – in 2003. But members of Barbour’s staff and others are disputing that the program, which provides most of the basics of operating local school districts, was…