Bryant: work continues on tobacco tax, car tags >> Local News ...
Bryant, who made a brief stop in Meridian on Monday before traveling to Newton for a Lion's Club meeting, said the fact that House and Senate leaders are "only 11 cents apart" on the tobacco tax increase gives him hope. Mississippi's cigarette ... During a news conference Monday at the Capitol, Bryant stood next to a poster of an oversized Mississippi tag with the word ''RELIEF'' in the middle and the address for his new Web site at the bottom: ''CarTagRelief.com.'' ...

Tuesday Election Notebook << Majority In Mississippi
One note of interest, he appears to respond to some of the criticisms from McGlowan/ DCCC that he is a tax raiser when he says: "Since being elected to the Mississippi Senate I am proud to have voted over 250 times to lower taxes for the citizens of ... We do not need any more of him. Alan Nunnelee's e-mail was what I expected but it did not satisfy me about his tax increases. He either made a mistake by signing the No Tax Pac or didn't keep his promise by raising taxes. ...

DCCC Attacks Nunnelee For Supporting Cigarette Tax Increase ...
In 1996, Nunnelee sponsored a bill to increase income tax rates and optional standard deductions according to changes in the US inflation rate. [SB 2731, 1996 Mississippi Regular Session]. TOBACCO: Nunnelee voted to increase the state cigarette tax by 50 ... HOSPITALS: In 2009, Nunnelee broke from the rest of the State Senate to support Governor Barbour's proposal for an immediate $90 million hospital tax increase to pay for Medicaid, instead of a graduated tax increase. ...

Yall Politics
HOSPITALS: In 2009, Nunnelee broke from the rest of the State Senate to support Governor Barbour's proposal for a $90 million hospital tax increase to pay for Medicaid. [Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/18/09] ...

Override Veto created by Mike Sawyer a tobacco and smoking foe
Mar 1, 2006 ... TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX COLLECTED ON RETAIL SALES OF ... The conference report of Senate Bill 3084 is now the fifth .... New bills to increase Mississippi's cigarette tax and reduce its ..... Tobacco terrorizes 450000 Americans to death every year per the federal CDC. Hit Counter.

Association Urges Senate to Reject Pay-or-Play Employer Health ...
Jun 11, 2009 ... Trans Secretary Ray LaHood to Keynote DC Retail Conference .... Seven Term Mississippi Representative Roger Wicker Supports Rental ... Rental Purchase Agreement Act; Senate Cosponsor Count Hits 20 ... National Governors Association Wants Internet Tax ... Minimum Wage Increases To $5.85 Today ...

The hidden tax in New York's energy bills
Mississippi South Carolina, 6.43 .... Other tax increases in the 1980s and 1990s also hit New Yorkers' utility bills. ... estimated 17 cents of every retail customer dollar paid to the state's utilities. ... In December, Senate Majority Leader Bruno announced that he and the Senate Republican conference will make ...

Ind. House approves tax increase repeal, jobs bill - Business ...
Feb 24, 2010 ... Senate Tax Chairman Brandt Hershman, R-Lafayette, said the amended bill passed ... had not reviewed the package and the bill would definitely go to a conference committee. ... Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri ... Research, Restaurant - Food Service, Retail - Grocery, Sales ...

Tourism - Mississippi Economic Council
Companies investing in tourism could qualify for a 30 percent sales tax rebate over 10 ... The differences in the bill will be worked out in conference committee. ... The legislation is designed to increase tourism investment in the state. ... The Senate version was also added "other similar retail outlets within a ...

Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi - Talk - Week 10: Land ...
Mar 18, 2009 ... The Mississippi House continued the Senate's attack on text-messaging ... Some bills in conference include HB 1142, which authorizes the state to ... The tax increase, which must be approved by a 60 percent referendum ... of converting privately owned real property for retail, office, commercial, ...