Skip to content

News

News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2014

Changes to Homestead Exemption not likely

The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill Wednesday that would increase homestead exemption to give homeowners a break, but the measure would pull $69 million from the state treasury and hit county government coffers. And hours after the bill passed committee, word went out that it would be“re-committed,” or sent back to committee,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2014

MINOR: Mississippi GOPers join ‘punish the poor’ brigade

It seems our legislative GOPers down here have joined the “punish the poor” Republican brigade in Congress, and even added another wrinkle to punish low-income folks. Having already visited several hurtful woes on the state’s teeming poor citizens, Mississippi House Republicans last week added the threat of drug testing for working poor who apply for…