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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
March 29, 2021

Conferees remove House income tax phase out proposal from bond bill

The Mississippi House’s plan to phase out the state income tax appears to be dead, dead, dead for the 2021 session. Speaker Philip Gunn filed HB 1439, titled the “Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2021,” in late February.  The bill would have phased out the state income tax and reduced the grocery tax while raising…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
March 25, 2021

CORDER: Outdoor Trust Bill could go the way of referendum if Legislature doesn’t act

The Mississippi Legislature is tasked with handling the business of the people, tackling issues of importance that will both improve the State and the lives of Mississippians. When they cannot come together, what’s left is the referendum process whereby the people move an issue forward the politicians refuse to embrace. That is what occurred with…