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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 5, 2018

The votes are in, see who is headed to the November ballot and who will face a runoff

Tuesday, June 5, was the Mississippi primary for one U.S. Senate Seat and two House seats. Here are the results: U.S. Senate  In the Democratic primary it looks like a runoff is in the future for Howard Sherman and David Baria. Baria had been leading in the polls until the end there when Sherman took…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 5, 2018

Revenue collections in May are above estimates . . . again – State GDP growth is 2.5%

The Mississippi Joint Legislative Budget Committee has released revenue reports as of May 31 This year has again exceeded lawmakers expectations of revenue collections. Total collections for the month of May FY2018 are $45,309,420. That’s 10.25% above the sine die revenue estimate. For the Fiscal YTD revenue collections they are 0.87% above the sine die…