No Tax Cuts, Tax Hikes: Mississippi Lawmakers Still Haggling Over Budget

The Clarion-Ledger, The Clarion-Ledger
Sat, 03/24/2018 - 6:46pm

No tax increase, spending held level for most state agencies in $6 billion budget.

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