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January 9, 2009

House to vote on cig tax hike

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Mississippi lawmakers began trying to raise new revenue Thursday with a proposed 82-cents-a-pack cigarette tax increase as state agencies prepared for deeper budget cuts that could affect more services, including Medicaid and schools. Legislation raising the 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack cleared a key House committee hours after Gov. Haley…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 9, 2009

Utility: Contract sales led to refund

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Entergy Corp. has acknowledged in a letter to state regulators that it sold power to Mississippi in 2005 from a subsidiary under a fuel contract that years earlier led to a refund of $72 million to Louisiana customers. The letter is the latest development in the legal battle between Entergy and Mississippi…