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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,”…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
February 22, 2021

A new effort to create a Conservation Trust in Mississippi could become reality

A group of Mississippi and national conservation groups including Wildlife Mississippi, Ducks Unlimited, the Nature Conservancy, Delta Council / Delta Wildlife, Coastal Conservation Association and the Foundation for MDWFP are banding together to promote a program to create a conservation trust using a sales tax diversion from the existing sales of sporting goods. The bill…