by MBJ Staff Published: October 19,2012
Tags: collection, garbage, health, health care, medical, medical sharps, medicine, milestone, public health, safety, sanitary, state agency, trash
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) reports the Household Medical Sharps Collection Program has collected more than one million household medical sharps since the beginning of the program in 2010. The program was developed by MDEQ to reduce the number of household medical sharps being disposed of in household garbage and toilets. [...] [...]
JACKSON — A computer conversion at the Mississippi Department of Revenue delayed some revenue collections from being posted and contributed to a report that showed a September drop in tax collections. Agency spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal during the “time-out” for conversion to the new system, tax returns were not posted [...] [...]
JACKSON — An accounting glitch prevented state revenue collections from matching the revenue estimate for the month of August by $13.7 million. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports in July, some unnamed retailers reimbursed to the state $17.6 million more in sales tax collections than they owed, according to the revenue report produced by the [...] [...]
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