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December 2, 2009

Gov. Barbour says Mississippi’s tax revenue plunged in November

Gov. Barbour says Mississippi’s tax revenue plunged in November OXFORD — Mississippi tax collections continued their free fall in November as revenues dropped 6.9 percent below already-dismal projections, further evidence that the state’s economy is nowhere near recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. November tax collections were $24.8 million…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 2, 2009

Council votes 5-1 to pay Wright’s, Recio’s attorneys

Council votes 5-1 to pay Wright’s, Recio’s attorneys The measure passed by a 5-1 vote, with Ward 1 Councilman Jeff Weill in opposition. Ward 7 Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon was absent. The bills date to the 2007 criminal trial of Melton and then-bodyguards Michael Recio and Marcus Wright, who had been charged with several fel-onies related…