Jackson, Miss. (WJTV) - On Monday, April 4, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R-Miss.) announced the Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive (MFlex) will soon become law. MFlex is an economic development incentive created by economic developers across Mississippi. Hosemann said the Mississippi Senate took final action on Senate Bill 2159, authored by Senate Economic and Workforce Development [...]
Jackson, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi teachers would receive their largest pay raise in years, under a bill that the state Senate passed Thursday. The House still needs to pass the final version of House Bill 530 before it can go to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves for his expected signature, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported. [...]
Jackson, Miss. (WJTV) - Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R-Miss.) announced the Mississippi Senate voted unanimously to suspend legislative deadlines to clear the path for legislation which would codify Article 3, Section 17A of the Mississippi Constitution. The constitutional provision prohibits the state or local governments from taking private property through eminent domain and conveying it [...]
Biloxi, Miss. (Sun Herald) - Faced with record gas prices, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is calling for the suspension of the state’s 18.4 cents gas tax. Hosemann is asking for a six-month suspension. “The No. 1 concern citizens are discussing around their kitchen tables is the increased cost of goods and services,” Hosemann said [...]
Tupelo, Miss. (Daily Journal) - A new analysis from state economists says that if lawmakers adopt a tax cut plan being pushed by House leaders, private employment would increase, but a large revenue shortfall would loom over state government. Corey Miller and Sondra Collins, two state economists , released an analysis on House Bill 531 [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Editor-in-chief Adam Ganucheau sat down with Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann to discuss the historic amount of federal money Mississippi has to spend from the American Rescue Plan Act. Hosemann spoke about the Legislature’s decision process in determining what pressing state issues to use the funds on. Watch the full conversation [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - While the state legislative leadership is consumed with cutting or eliminating the income tax, state business leaders consider lack of skilled workers, Mississippi’s image and problems from the pandemic far more pressing issues. “… The Mississippi tax environment was not high profile nor even discussed significantly as a priority,” said [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Northside Sun) - The debate about tax cuts within the Mississippi Republican Party is getting pretty interesting. House Speaker Philip Gunn, with supposed aspirations for higher office, wants to blow it out of the water with what he has said, and possibly accurately so, would be the largest tax cut in state history. [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Numbers crunched at the state Senate’s request by the Legislative Budget Office show a House income tax elimination plan would cause a huge budget hole starting in its second year. But House leaders say those projections discount booming state revenue, and a modest Senate tax cut plan would not give [...]
Purvis, Miss. (Pine Belt News) - The City of Purvis broke ground for construction of a new city hall. The new building, which will be located at the intersection of Shelby Speights Drive and Allen Street, will provide much needed space for city officials and city service offices. The Purvis Police Department will take over [...]
