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Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 26, 2021

GOVERNOR REEVES: If My State Can Save For Emergencies Like COVID, So Can Others

The Biden administration and Congress are negotiating a federal coronavirus spending package, and while it has many worthy goals, one thing should be eliminated: bailing out state budgets. If they pass the billions of dollars in bailout money for state governments, as a governor, I’d get the political benefit of spending that money. It’s never…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
February 23, 2021

Speaker Gunn unpacks income tax phase out plan at Capitol press conference

Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) held a press conference on Tuesday to discuss the particulars of HB 1439, the plan that would phase out the state’s income tax over 10 years.   “Anyone in Mississippi who pays an income tax, today is the day that we start to eliminate that burden for you,”…