Mississippi Business Journal » collection http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Medical sharps program surpasses one-million milestone http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/19/medical-sharps-program-surpasses-one-million-milestone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medical-sharps-program-surpasses-one-million-milestone http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/19/medical-sharps-program-surpasses-one-million-milestone/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:01:12 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63987 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. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/19/medical-sharps-program-surpasses-one-million-milestone/feed/ 0 Drop in tax collections blamed on computer system swap http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/drop-in-tax-collections-blamed-on-computer-system-swap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drop-in-tax-collections-blamed-on-computer-system-swap http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/drop-in-tax-collections-blamed-on-computer-system-swap/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:27:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63861 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/15/drop-in-tax-collections-blamed-on-computer-system-swap/feed/ 0 State revenues miss estimate due to accounting glitch http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/10/state-revenues-miss-estimate-due-to-accounting-glitch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-revenues-miss-estimate-due-to-accounting-glitch http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/10/state-revenues-miss-estimate-due-to-accounting-glitch/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:26:54 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62309 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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