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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
March 29, 2022

Legislation to revive the initiative process in Mississippi dies in conference

Efforts underway to continue negotiations through suspension resolution as session winds down. The only remaining piece of legislation that would have revived the initiative process in Mississippi following last year’s state Supreme Court ruling that effectively killed the public ballot referendum mechanism has died in conference. HCR 39, authored by Speaker Philip Gunn, initially passed…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 27, 2022

Lawmakers strike a deal on historic cut of Mississippi state income tax

The plan will eliminate the 4% bracket over four years and step down the 5% bracket over six years.  UPDATE March 27, 4:00 p.m.:  On Sunday, after a procedurally required hold on the filed conference report the House and Senate both adopted the report on the floor late in the afternoon. The House passed the…