Animals
From the Mississippi Press
- Good News For Bird Lovers
The American bald eagle population is making a recovery across the nation, but Mississippi still remains one of the least likely places to spot a pair in the wild, according to a state ornithologist. Read the rest in The Mississippi Press. ...
- Mississippi Can't Afford A Lower Tax On Groceries?
Could this be the reason? On Friday, Mississippi lawmakers approved a multimillion dollar incentive package to secure a deal that will bring the Toyota plant to northeast Mississippi. The state's incentive package includes $293.9 million for Toyota,...
- Childcare In The United States
Many states are distressingly lax in their regulation and oversight of child care centers, according to a new nationwide survey which gives its lowest marks to Idaho and Louisiana and its highest grade to the far-flung system run by the U.S. military....
- Report Urges Lower Food Taxes In Mississippi
Coast municipalities from Waveland to Pascagoula will gain in sales tax revenues if the Mississippi Legislature passes a cigarette tax increase/food tax reduction bill, according to a report released last month by the John C. Stennis Institute of Government...
- Mississippi Gets A C-minus In Education
The state received a C-minus, the same grade it got last year, from Education Week in its annual Quality Counts report released Wednesday. Which is one of the reasons I homeschool. My kids deserve better then a C- school. According to the report, Mississippi...
Animals
What's Wrong With Mississippi?
From the Mississippi Press
The state has the third lowest cigarette tax rate in the nation and one of the highest grocery tax rates. One would think one of the nation's poorest states would have just the opposite; a high tax on tobacco and a low tax on food.
- Good News For Bird Lovers
The American bald eagle population is making a recovery across the nation, but Mississippi still remains one of the least likely places to spot a pair in the wild, according to a state ornithologist. Read the rest in The Mississippi Press. ...
- Mississippi Can't Afford A Lower Tax On Groceries?
Could this be the reason? On Friday, Mississippi lawmakers approved a multimillion dollar incentive package to secure a deal that will bring the Toyota plant to northeast Mississippi. The state's incentive package includes $293.9 million for Toyota,...
- Childcare In The United States
Many states are distressingly lax in their regulation and oversight of child care centers, according to a new nationwide survey which gives its lowest marks to Idaho and Louisiana and its highest grade to the far-flung system run by the U.S. military....
- Report Urges Lower Food Taxes In Mississippi
Coast municipalities from Waveland to Pascagoula will gain in sales tax revenues if the Mississippi Legislature passes a cigarette tax increase/food tax reduction bill, according to a report released last month by the John C. Stennis Institute of Government...
- Mississippi Gets A C-minus In Education
The state received a C-minus, the same grade it got last year, from Education Week in its annual Quality Counts report released Wednesday. Which is one of the reasons I homeschool. My kids deserve better then a C- school. According to the report, Mississippi...