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August 29, 2008

Tax panel revisits income, groceries

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 8/28/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s tax study commission, in its final report, is recommending more reductions in the state income tax or a cut in the grocery tax in addition to its earlier proposals. The 38-member commission met Wednesday to put the final touches on the report that will be submitted…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 29, 2008

Guardsmen on call as Barbour declares emergency

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/29/8 Mississippi could activate as many as 8,000 National Guard troops today as Gustav looms in the Caribbean and eyes the Gulf Coast for landfall. Mississippi National Guard spokesman retired Lt. Col. Tim Powell said state troops already are on standby and expects the order to come at any time from the governor’s…