The VA issued 4,267 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Mississippi during the 2023 fiscal year, totaling $1.2 billion, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
As of January 2024, Mississippi experienced an 18.1% increase in prices of goods and services since January 2021, compared to the nationwide trend of a 17.9% increase.
Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson (R) joined eleven other state agricultural commissioners in signing a letter to six of the largest banks in the country in protest of their climate guidelines which would restrict and harm agricultural businesses and farmers.
Attorney General of Mississippi Lynn Fitch (R) joined more than two dozen state attorneys general in signing a letter to President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Security Aljandro Mayorkas in support of “Governor Abbott’s efforts to secure our border.”
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued 1,100 home loans totaling $300 million in Mississippi during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2023, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Mississippi for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2023 averaged $370,035, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted five inspections at five Food and Cosmetics companies from Mississippi in the fourth quarter of 2023.
The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Mississippi in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $282,224, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index
Mississippi collected $13 million in miscellaneous tax revenue during the fourth quarter of 2023, a 13.3% decrease from the same period the previous year when $15 million was reported, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
Of the 2,967,023 people living in Mississippi in 2021, 51.3% (1,522,768) were women and 48.7% (1,444,255) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by Magnolia State News.
Mississippi collected $13 million in miscellaneous tax revenue during the fourth quarter of 2023, an 18.2% increase over the previous quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
The fourth quarter of 2023 brought in $620 million in individual income tax revenue for Mississippi, a 3.6% decrease from the same period in the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.