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Reeves approves tax cut
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,04/06/22-2:00AM , 923 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its largest-ever tax cut.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed a bill that will reduce the state income tax over four years, beginning in 2023.
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Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, seated, signs a bill that will reduce the state income tax over four years, beginning in 2023, at his office in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Attending the signing were from left, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Josh Harkins, R-Flowood, House Speaker Pro Tempore Jason White, R-West, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia and House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi governor signs state's largest income tax cut
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,04/05/22-3:55PM , 494 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi residents will pay lower income taxes in coming years as the state enacts its largest-ever tax cut.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks about the importance of his signing a teacher pay raise bill, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at Madison Central High School in Madison, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi joins states limiting outside election funding
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/04/22-5:31PM , 308 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is the latest Republican-led state to ban election offices from accepting donations from private groups for voting operations — a movement fueled by conservatives' suspicion of donations by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2020.
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House Appropriations Committee Chairman John Read, R-Gautier, left, assures Rep. Omeria Scott, D-Laurel, that she would be receiving an updated grid of the total state support for agencies for fiscal year 2023, in the House chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi legislators work to approve state spending plans
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,04/04/22-2:50PM , 325 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators on Monday were approving parts of a state budget for the year that begins July 1, and it is substantially larger than the budget for the current year.
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