ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Office of Advocacy has released the annual Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories. This is the 16th year Advocacy has published a state-by-state profile of American small business for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The Mississippi profile uses the most recent data available to [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi residents enjoy the lowest tax burden in the nation, according to a ranking by Bloomberg. The multinational financial news corporation ranked states based on income, property, consumption and inheritance taxes, along with taxes on retirement investments. Bloomberg ranked Mississippi ahead of South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Alaska, which took the second [...] [...]
JACKSON — The wait for the report from the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Study Commission will be longer than expected. The Governor’s Office announced the Nov. 15 deadline would be missed. The statement from the governor reads: “Due to the complicated nature of the review of the state Public Employees’ Retirement System, the PERS [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippians were more optimistic about the future of the economy than the nation as a whole in the third quarter of the year, but key economic indicators in the state were still lackluster. The latest Mississippi Index of Consumer Sentiment showed only a 0.1-point rise in confidence, taking the MSICS to a value [...] [...]
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