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News from July 2023

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Mississippi collected 6.9% more in license taxes in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 16, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, $609.8 million came from license taxes, a 6.9 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Mississippi average $222,779 for Q2

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Mississippi for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023 averaged $222,779, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Mississippi ranks 34th in the U.S. for the most selective sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

In 2022, Mississippi collected $1,473,638,000 in selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 34th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Mississippi collected 2.9% less in property taxes in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, $29 million came from property taxes, a 2.9 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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14 people die from diabetes mellitus in Mississippi during week ending July 8

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

There were 14 deaths from diabetes mellitus reported in Mississippi in the week ending July 8, making up 2.4% of total deaths by all causes in Mississippi.

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Mississippi collected $1.4 million in taxes on alcoholic beverages licenses in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, less than 0.1 percent, or $1.4 million, came from taxes on alcoholic beverages licenses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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29 people die from Alzheimer's disease in Mississippi during week ending July 8

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

There were 29 deaths from Alzheimer's disease reported in Mississippi in the week ending July 8, making up five% of total deaths by all causes in Mississippi.

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Mississippi collected 3.2% more in taxes on general corporation licenses in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 15, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, $220.8 million came from taxes on general corporation licenses, a 3.2 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Mississippi collected 6% more in income taxes in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, $3.2 billion came from income taxes, a 6 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Mississippi ranks 25th in the U.S. for the most general sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

In 2022, Mississippi collected $4,770,468,000 in general sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 25th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Mississippi collected $184,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, less than 0.1 percent, or $184,000, came from pari-mutuels sales tax, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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Less than 10 people die from influenza and pneumonia in Mississippi during week ending July 8

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in Mississippi in the week ending July 8, making up less than 1.7% of total deaths by all causes in Mississippi.

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Mississippi collected $184,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $10.2 billion in taxes collected by Mississippi in 2022, $184,000 came from pari-mutuels sales tax, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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15 people die from kidney disease in Mississippi during week ending July 8

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

There were 15 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in Mississippi in the week ending July 8, making up 2.6% of total deaths by all causes in Mississippi.

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Miss. Lawmakers Sign Bicameral Amicus Brief Challenging Cfpb Funding Structure

By Magnolia State News Report | Jul 14, 2023

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) have signed an amicus brief that encourages the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Fifth Circuit decision that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding structure is unconstitutional and to make the Bureau’s funding subject to congressional appropriations.

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Hyde-Smith Votes to Advance Three FY2024 Funding Bills

By Magnolia State News Report | Jul 14, 2023

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on July 14 2023, voted to advance three FY2024 appropriations bills, each of which recommend lower discretionary funding levels than approved last year.

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Residents and visitors to Mississippi paid $10.2 billion in taxes in 2022

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

Mississippi collected $10.2 billion in taxes in 2022, an 8.9 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

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48.6% decrease in number of VA loans issued across Mississippi from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023

By Magnolia State News | Jul 14, 2023

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued 926 home loans totaling $248.1 million in Mississippi during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Wicker, Lujan, Thune, Welch Fight for Broadband Strategy

By Magnolia State News Report | Jul 13, 2023

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., John Thune, R-S.D., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., as of July 12,2023 reintroduced the Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act.

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AG Lynn Fitch Questions BlackRock-linked MutualFund Directors’ Financial Entanglement

By Magnolia State News Report | Jul 13, 2023

Attorney General Lynn Fitch and 14 other state attorneys general are raising questions regarding a potential conflict of interest between BlackRock mutual fund directors and the mutual funds they are managing.