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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 5, 2018

UPDATE: Voter turnout historically low for first half of the day in Primary elections

Today, June 5, Mississippi held primaries for one U.S. Senate Seat, the one currently held by Senator Roger Wicker, the other was recently vacated by Sen. Thad Cochran upon his retirement and will go straight to the November election. There are also two Congressional District seats up for grabs with a primary election, The Third…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 5, 2018

Revenue collections in May are above estimates . . . again – State GDP growth is 2.5%

The Mississippi Joint Legislative Budget Committee has released revenue reports as of May 31 This year has again exceeded lawmakers expectations of revenue collections. Total collections for the month of May FY2018 are $45,309,420. That’s 10.25% above the sine die revenue estimate. For the Fiscal YTD revenue collections they are 0.87% above the sine die…