More than one in four Mississippi children—including two-fifths of Black children—are living in poverty. It’s the highest percentage in the U.S., which as a country has one of the highest child poverty rates in the wealthy world. That’s finally about to change. Last week, 360,000 Mississippi families received their first monthly...
East Biloxi residents are still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Community organizations are doing their part to promote economic stability, but state policymakers need to lift unnecessary burdens.
The tax cut proposal defeated during the legislative session would have placed necessary investments at risk without improving the state's economic competitiveness.
If the economy grows, the income tax cut will become more expensive in absolute terms -- as will the cost of education, infrastructure, and other public services.
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