Aldermen pass FY 19 budget, millage increase
Starkville aldermen approved a $21.77 million budget — and with it, a 1.05-mill tax increase — for Fiscal Year 2019 on a split vote Tuesday.
Repairs, enhancements top list of parks goals
Starkville’s parks and recreation department is looking at a range of improvements across its facilities, should aldermen approve a proposed budget with a significant increase in parks spending.
Starkville eyes millage increase for new budget
The city of Starkville is looking at an “operational” millage increase to keep pace with rising costs as discussions begin for the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.
City’s travel revenue, not expenses, to double in FY 2019
Contrary to The Dispatch’s reporting on Tuesday, the city of Columbus is not planning to double its travel and training expenses for Fiscal Year 2019.
Enrollment decrease costs CMSD $4M over four years
Despite a nearly $1 million cut from state funds, the Columbus Municipal School District does not intend to increase city ad valorem taxes for the 2019 fiscal year.
Income-depleted CVB slashes budget for 2019
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau isn’t dead, but it is in intensive care, CVB Board of Trustees president DeWitt Hicks said Monday.
Analysis: Even modest revenue growth good news for lawmakers
End-of-the year revenue collections suggest Mississippi’s lawmakers could have a little extra money to spend when they return for their election-year session in January 2019.
Supervisors agree to tax compromise
As late as Saturday, Lowndes County Board of Supervisors President Harry Sanders said he intended to urge fellow supervisors during Monday’s meeting to stick with their February resolution calling for the floor to be removed from the county’s 2-percent restaurant sales tax.
Conservatives lash out at Republican spending binge
The GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility no more.
Congress votes to reopen government, passes budget deal
The House moved swiftly early today to reopen the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion-dollar deficits.
Trump takes on controversy-laden agenda on Capitol Hill
President Donald Trump’s year-end agenda is at a critical juncture as he heads Tuesday to Capitol Hill to rally Senate Republicans on taxes — and then pivot to negotiations with Democrats pressing for victories of their own in a separate, high-stakes showdown over the budget and immigration.
Mississippi governor’s budget has free community college
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is recommending that the state spend $7 million in the coming year to provide free community college for an unspecified number of students.
Analysis: State budget practices receive mixed grades
A nonpartisan group that evaluates state government budget practices is giving mostly mid-level marks to Mississippi.
Small decrease expected for Mississippi budget next year
Mississippi is on track to have a slightly smaller budget in the coming year under a revenue estimate adopted Wednesday, a change that reflects caution about the state’s economy.
CVB expects to spend almost all its revenue in FY 2018
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau is projected to spend all but $3.62 of its allotted revenue in Fiscal Year 2018, according to a budget document the organization provided The Dispatch.
Council OKs balanced FY 18 budget
Columbus City Council approved a $24.31 million budget for Fiscal Year 2018 during a special-called meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
Oktibbeha supervisors finalize FY ’18 budget
Supervisors finalized Oktibbeha County’s upcoming $56.46 million budget Tuesday that carries with it an almost 2-mill tax increase for property owners.
No tax increase expected for Starkville residents
Oktibbeha County and Starkville property owners’ expected tax rates are becoming clearer as the city’s tentative Fiscal Year 2017-18 budget does not call for a millage increase for operational expenses.
Tight budget puts some Mississippi highway projects on hold
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is delaying work on several highway expansion projects because of a tight state budget.
CMSD reports increased budget surplus
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees were greeted with good news on several financial fronts during Monday’s regular board meeting.