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Ballot initiative will be a fight
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/31/24-2:00AM , 945 Reads
STARKVILLE — Once again, the issue of whether Mississippi voters should have the very straightforward power to bypass the Mississippi Legislature and propose changes to state statutes or the state Constitution of 1890 is front and center.
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Lottery champion retires
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/24/24-2:00AM , 851 Reads
STARKVILLE – Former State Rep. Alyce Griffin Clarke, D-Jackson, heads to “Night of Jubilee” event at the Jackson Convention Center this week honoring her 38 years of service to her District 69 constituents and along the way bumped smack into her legacy — the Alyce G. Clarke Lottery Law.
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GOP opens Medicaid door
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/17/24-2:00AM , 964 Reads
STARKVILLE – After the 2023 statewide elections, in which the fiscal plight of Mississippi’s hospitals and the working-poor populations many of them serve were front-and-center issues, the leadership of both houses of the Mississippi Legislature has signaled that they are ready to discuss a change in the state’s health-care strategies.
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Focus shifts to property taxes
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/10/24-2:00AM , 1061 Reads
STARKVILLE — In Mississippi, when state government aims to implement tax reform, the sights are usually set on individual or corporate income taxes, sales and use taxes, insurance premium taxes or so-called “sin” taxes on gaming, tobacco, liquor and beer.
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