BROOKHAVEN — Brookhaven’s latest sales tax report showed record numbers, but some officials don’t want to get too excited just yet because the city is lagging behind some neighbors. The Daily Leader reports Brookhaven’s March sales tax report came in at $415,468.14. In March 2011, it was $400,912.36. Mayor Les Bumgarner says that’s the highest [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 28,2011
Tags: appropriations, budget, colleges, education, healthcare, higher education, medicine, nurses, nursing, tax collections, tax revenues, taxes, universities
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Amid a statewide nursing shortage, hundreds of qualified applicants for nursing degrees are not being admitted to programs in Mississippi because the colleges can’t meet the demand. The Clarion-Ledger reports community colleges face the most severe admissions limitations. At East Central Community College in Decatur, for example, 485 qualified applicants submitted bids [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2011
Tags: budget, hospitality, municipal government, restaurants, tax collections, tax revenues, taxes, tourism, tourists, visitors
STARKVILLE — Starkville’s 2011 restaurant tax revenues are ahead of the pace set in 2010, according to the city’s sales tax report. Mayor Parker Wiseman tells the Starkville Daily News the city expects to finish the year strong when November and December reports come in. Total restaurant tax revenues for 2011 through October add up [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 11,2011
Tags: casinos, education, entertainment, gambling, gaming, gaming taxes, hotels, lodging, restaurants, schools, tax collection, tax revenues, taxes, tourism, tourists, visitors
NATCHEZ — The Natchez-Adams School District wants to jump on board with the city and county to receive gaming tax dollars from a proposed new casino. The Natchez Democrat reports interim superintendent Joyce Johnson asked the school board at yesterday’s meeting to allow the board attorney to discuss with the Natchez Board of Aldermen if [...] [...]
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