Legislation Would Make Mississippi Tenth State to Eliminate Income Tax

HB1 is a comprehensive effort to modernize the entire code Legislation that passed the Mississippi House January 16 is far more than just a gradual elimination of the state income tax, said Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia.  Even the number given to the bill, House Bill 1 (HB1), indicates the priority the representatives have put on […]

Foundation for the Mid South

Working to lift up health, education and the economy People thriving with their health and financial security is in the best interest of the community at large. Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas have an estimated population of about 10.6 million, only three percent of the nation’s population of 340 million. But those three states represent about […]

Emergency Support Urgent in Order to Help Agriculture Industry

New farm bill set to address outdated issues, other concerns Farming is cyclical. It is par for the course to have ups and downs. But for the past several years, input costs have gone up considerably across the board while commodity prices have declined, said Delta Research and Extension Center’s (DREC) Steve Martin, Ph.D., who […]

Jonathan Jones: CEO of Jones Capital Firm 

Leads one of Mississippi’s most dynamic and promising companies  When Jonathan Jones was a young boy growing up in the Dexter community of Walthall County, he would hop on his four-wheeler for the short trek to the family’s sawmill and “play in the wood chips and sawdust pile … and just watch my dad and […]

Haven’t Heard of the Corporate Transparency Act? You Better Learn

Within one month of each other recently, two federal judges ruled that a law passed by Congress in 2021 is “likely unconstitutional” and ruled in favor of small businesses. For now. I’m talking about something you’ve probably never heard about: the Corporate Transparency Act, which Congress passed in 2021, overriding a veto issued by then […]