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Inventory tax is back
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,02/15/12-4:13PM , 130 Reads
STARKVILLE — Look for an old battle to confront the “new” Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature during the 2012 regular session as the state’s business community continues to push for either a repeal of the state’s inventory tax or an exemption from it.
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Trust fund shrinks toward zero balance
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,02/08/12-2:04PM , 145 Reads
STARKVILLE – A new Republican governor and new Republican legislative leadership now face the same task that has confounded their Democratic colleagues when they had the reins of state government — finding a way to pay for Mississippi’s massive Medicaid program.
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Another tug-of-war over outside counsel
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,02/01/12-1:00PM , 160 Reads
STARKVILLE — The ongoing legislative battle over the so-called “outside counsel” or contingency fee law remains a political cold war between the state’s trial lawyers and the state’s business and medical interests — and it’s a story that has two sides.
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How we paid our taxes
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/25/12-5:52PM , 145 Reads
STARKVILLE — As the Legislature seeks to formulate public policy and craft a state budget at a time when the state will lose $126 million in federal stimulus funds, unemployment rates and demand on public health care are high, and most state agencies are seeking increases, it might be instructive to pause and look at the source of the state’s to
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