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State leaves cities holding the bag
Mon,09/23/24-6:35PM , 213 Reads 10,302 Statewide
Mississippi has a problem with tax-forfeited properties, and it has yet to come up with an effective and fair way to deal with them.
A recent story in the Clarion Ledger reports that there are about 7,000 properties around Mississippi that have been forfeited to the state for unpaid property taxes.
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EDITORIAL: Issuing Speeding Tickets would make speeders slow down
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Sat,09/21/24-3:00AM , 450 Reads
A case on the Mississippi Gulf Coast could provide an interesting test of whether state law allows police officers to record speeding vehicles and send a ticket to violators. We think Clarksdale police and city leaders may want to watch it closely.
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Opinion: How one nation sold lots of electric vehicles
Fri,09/20/24-6:35PM , 86 Reads 5,521 Statewide
Here’s a transportation update: A country in Europe has become the world’s first nation to have more electric vehicles on the road than those powered by gasoline.
It’s Norway, whose government ironically has been using revenue from oil and natural gas sales to provide generous incentives to EV buyers.
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Tax cuts compete with infrastructure
Thu,09/19/24-6:55PM , 279 Reads 22,120 Statewide
Most agree that there is not enough money in the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s kitty to do all the repair work that the state’s road and bridges need.
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