Mississippi Business Journal » millage http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 City wants schools to cut millage while it raises taxes elsewhere http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/06/city-wants-schools-to-cut-millage-while-it-raises-taxes-elsewhere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-wants-schools-to-cut-millage-while-it-raises-taxes-elsewhere http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/06/city-wants-schools-to-cut-millage-while-it-raises-taxes-elsewhere/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:56:46 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=75990 OCEAN SPRINGS — Aldermen say they’d like to meet with Ocean Springs school officials to discuss with them the urgency in reducing school taxes. Alderman Jerry Dalgo says the best solution to the city’s financial crunch is for the school district to come down on its millage for the coming fiscal year, which would in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/16/supervisor-would-be-catastrophic-if-hospital-defaulted-on-payment/feed/ 0 Officials lobbying School Board for tax increase to meet budget http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/19/officials-lobbying-school-board-for-tax-increase-to-meet-budget/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-lobbying-school-board-for-tax-increase-to-meet-budget http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/19/officials-lobbying-school-board-for-tax-increase-to-meet-budget/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:33:19 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58735 PURVIS — The Lamar County School District is asking for a millage increase to balance its budget for the 2012-13 school year. The Hattiesburg American reports Superintendent Ben Burnett and district CFO Jennifer Hession presented the proposed budget to the Lamar County School Board yesterday. The school district’s proposed budget is $77.8 million, up from [...]

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