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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2018

Supreme Court finally brought online sales, use tax law fairness to Main Street

By: Sid Salter In a 5-4 decision that strangely crossed traditional judicial ideological lines, the Supreme Court last week brought online sales and use tax law fairness to mom-and-pop merchants on Main Street who had long been at a seven percent price disadvantage in Mississippi in competition with out-of-state online retailers. Was this ruling a…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2018

Wicker Introduces Bill to Advance American Aquaculture

Legislation Would Streamline Permitting Process and Fund Research and Development U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today introduced the “Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) Act.” The legislation would streamline the permitting process for aquaculture farms in federal waters, and fund research and development to advance the aquaculture industry. “Aquaculture is the fastest-growing…