Booze, sports betting taxes eyed as revenue boosters

Herb Frierson, Revenue Commissioner, was formerly the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He presented a bulleted listing of reform ideas to a panel, which has spent the summer and fall contemplating a complete rewrite…

Bryant would delay spending BP settlement

The hot topic of the upcoming legislative session, which begins in less 50 days, is what to do about the $109 million that BP received from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling incident. Bryant recommends that…

Can Longo’s offense work in SEC It has

Trust me, this is not because Longo hasn't coached at the NCAA FCS level. Football coaching is all about relative. Yes, Longo, 46 years old, will call plays against more talented players in the SEC…

Charter school backers near goal

Governor. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, and other speakers spoke at the National School Choice Week rally just weeks before this year's legislative sessions. Some of their goals are now within reach, even though…

Clinton native returns to home stage with bravado…

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Continental Tire The numbers behind the deal

Mississippi Today obtained a memorandum between the state and Fort Mill, S.C.-based Continental Tire the Americas through an open-records demand. It contains new information about the project, including its costs. The tax incentives that lawmakers…

Death row inmates claim win in case over…

Richard Jordan and Ricky Chase from Mississippi want this information in a civil-rights suit to stop Mississippi's use of a three-drug combination that they claim causes "a torturous demise" by conscious suffocation, internal burning, and…