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Opinion  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
November 9, 2022

Mississippi Joint Legislative Budget Committee adopts FY 2024 revenue estimate of $7.5 billion

The estimate is over $1 billion more than the state’s adopted budget for FY 2023.  The Mississippi Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) has adopted the FY 2024 revenue estimate of $7,523,800,000, significantly higher than the FY 2023 Sine Die Revenue Estimate of $6,987,400,000. READ MORE: Two months into FY, state revenue $113 million overestimate. During…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
November 9, 2022

Republicans strong in Mississippi, underperform nationally

The red wave did not break across the country as many pundits were predicting. The 2022 Midterm Election in Mississippi ended just as it was predicted to with the three incumbent Congressman winning re-election and the Republican nominee in the 4th District cruising to his first term in Congress. All three Republican winners – Trent…