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Opinion  |  Editor  • 
March 10, 2022

Mississippians would be paying $.40/gallon more now if gas tax had been upped

Looking back on who said what when. Even with record high gas prices right now, Mississippi’s gas prices would be 40 cents per gallon higher right now but for efforts to kill repeated gas tax increase proposals in the last five years. In 2017-18, there was a major push for Mississippi to raise its 18.4…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
March 9, 2022

Business leaders across Mississippi call for income tax elimination now

A letter in support of repealing the state income tax was delivered to state lawmakers today. Business leaders across the state are calling on the Mississippi Legislature to repeal the state income tax. In a letter addressed to Governor Tate Reeves, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Speaker Philip Gunn and all members of the Legislature delivered…