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MBJ EDITORIAL: Signs point to costly provincialism in demise of Landmark

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:02 +0000

Sticking it to your neighbor can be a gratifying exercise for some Mississippi legislators — especially when they aren’t personally writing the checks that cover the cost of the sticking. Which brings us to the sticking leaders of the Mississippi House of Representatives gave Jackson and the state’s taxpayers on April 3, the last day [...]

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House committee kills Landmark/DOR proposal

Ted Carter — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:39:46 +0000

Downtown boosters were stunned last Tuesday after the House Public Properties Committee declined to act on legislation to move the Mississippi Department Revenue to downtown’s Landmark Center, thus preventing a House vote on the measure already approved by the Senate. The potential move of the DOR headquarters from Raymond into 200,000 square feet of the [...]

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State’s chief site selector: Search starts for new tax HQ

Ted Carter — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:06:30 +0000

Though proximity to the state’s new Data Center off Lakeland Drive could weigh heavily in the site selection, the only certainty for the new home of the Mississippi Department of Revenue is that it will be housed in a state-owned building or built on vacant land the state owns. In either instance, the site must [...]

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