CMSD expected to tap reserves rather than raise taxes
Columbus Municipal School District Superintendent Philip Hickman says he’ll recommend withdrawing from the district’s reserve funds to avoid a tax increase for the coming fiscal year.
Spears: CMSD tax hike unnecessary
One Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees member has a proposition to fund the district’s increased budget without raising taxes.
Our View: Columbus schools must justify tax increase in face of alternate plan
Earlier this month Columbus Municipal School District officials presented a preliminary request for an additional $1.4 million to Lowndes Tax Assessor Greg Andrews. Funded solely by the taxpayers of Columbus, it would have represented the largest school tax increase in recent memory.
CMSD funding request alarms mayor, council
After two days of closed-door discussions with city officials and the county tax assessor, the Columbus Municipal School District appears poised to ask for a significant increase in taxes.
Our View: CMSD must tighten belt on its budget request
Although the Columbus Municipal School District stresses it has not finalized its budget request for the 2017 school year, it seems certain the district will be requesting a significant increase in funding.
Aldermen raise taxes to fund SPD improvements
Eleven months of renovations will solve an issue that has plagued Starkville for 20 years.
Mississippi senators barely keep chance for road money alive
The possibility of raising taxes or borrowing money to improve Mississippi’s roads and bridges remains alive in the Legislature, but just barely.
Health law fines double for many uninsured at tax time
Many people who went without health insurance last year are now seeing fines more than double under President Barack Obama’s health care law, tax preparation company H&R Block said Tuesday.
Under the Capitol dome: Tax fairness could be issue in push for transportation money
Mississippi could get smoother roads, lower taxes and a tax system more tilted to favor the rich than it does today.
Analysis: SOCSD debt-sharing law lowers Starkville residents’ taxes
Starkville and Oktibbeha County residents living in the former Starkville School District’s extended territory will see a slight reduction in their overall tax bill thanks to a school debt-sharing bill passed by state lawmakers this term.
GOP tax plans benefit rich despite populist campaign talk
Jeb Bush went to Detroit and talked about leveling the playing field. Marco Rubio wrote a book about helping the working class. Rand Paul is promising to expand the Republican Party beyond its traditional base.
LCSD budget could lead to higher taxes
Lowndes County Administrator Ralph Billingsley appeared before the county school board Tuesday and said if the school district does not decrease its budget request for this school year then taxes for county residents may increase.
CMSD budget creates possibility of tax break
The budget presented by the Columbus Municipal School District at Tuesday’s public budget hearing creates a potential for Columbus taxpayers to owe less this year.
Poll: Spend more, tax less, legalize pot
Americans want lower taxes and more government spending both at once, although their support for spending more tax dollars on health care has dropped dramatically.
Cool reception for new sign-up window under health care law
Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting today, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured.
Fake IRS agents target more than 366k in scam
Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail in the largest scam of its kind in the history of the agency, a federal investigator said Thursday.
New woes for HealthCare.gov: Wrong tax info sent out
In a new setback for the health care law and the people it’s supposed to help, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that’s fouling up the filings of nearly a million Americans.
KiOR fails to pay taxes by deadline
Monday was the day property taxes came due. Those who failed to meet that deadline face a 1 percent per month penalty.
Got help paying for health care? Watch your mailbox
If you’re among the millions of consumers who got financial help for health insurance last year under President Barack Obama’s law, better keep an eye on your mailbox.
Tax liens on judicial candidate exceed $550K
The Internal Revenue Service has placed liens totaling more than half a million dollars against a local candidate running for Circuit Court judge, according to Lowndes County courthouse documents.