Mississippi Business Journal » Jackson Chamber of Commerce http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Penny tax until 2023 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/penny-tax-until-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=penny-tax-until-2023 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/penny-tax-until-2023/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:22 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=36480 The City of Jackson’s hopes for an eventual fix to its crumbling infrastructure, especially its water and sewer systems, has survived a key Mississippi Senate Finance Committee vote. The committee approved an amendment to legislation passed two years ago to allow Jackson to stage a referendum on enacting a penny special option sales tax to [...]

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