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1 week ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
Standing in the Rose Garden last Wednesday, President Donald Trump held a poster purporting to show “tariffs charged to the U.S.A.” by country. But the exorbitant rates reflected on the chart aren’t actually the tariff rates charged by any country.
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1 week ago | 
leader-call.com | Russ Latino
Last Wednesday, when President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs, he justified the action by saying America had been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered” by our trading partners for the last 50 years. The entire tariff regime that has roiled stock and bond markets — and has business leaders scrambling for new supply chains — is premised on the idea that we are being taken advantage of and losing. There are, undoubtedly, bad actors and unfair practices on the global stage.
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1 week ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
Last Wednesday when President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs, he justified the action by saying America had been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered” by our trading partners for the last 50 years. The entire tariff regime that has roiled stock and bond markets — and has business leaders scrambling for new supply chains — is premised on the idea that we are being taken advantage of and losing. There are, undoubtedly, bad actors and unfair practices on the global stage.
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2 weeks ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
Sweeping education gains, record economic development, and now, elimination of its income tax place Mississippi in a unique position. It’s winning. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves recently signed a historic package of tax reform that includes the elimination of the state’s income tax.
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3 weeks ago | 
nationalreview.com | Russ Latino
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3 weeks ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
At the close of the night Tuesday, State Senator John Horhn maintained a near 3-to-1 lead over embattled incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba for the Democratic nomination for Jackson Mayor. Still, Horhn’s reported 11,909 votes (48.4%) put him just shy of the mark needed to avoid a runoff with Lumumba, who was saved from outright defeat by a crowded field of 12 candidates. The pair will face each other in a runoff contest on Tuesday, April 22nd.
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3 weeks ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
The outcome of Jackson’s race for mayor could decide if Mississippi’s Capital City can be reborn, or if its descent continues. When Jackson’s water system failed in August of 2022, my email and texts lit up with concerned friends from other parts of the country. It did not matter that we live half an hour from the Capital City with abundant clean water. To the rest of the nation, Jackson is Mississippi. The state deserves a capital it can be proud of.
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4 weeks ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
House Speaker Jason White announced Wednesday that a bill to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) would be sent to conference. Independent pharmacists had aggressively lobbied for the Mississippi House to concur on more stringent regulations inserted into HB 1123 by the Mississippi Senate. But Mississippi’s largest employers warned of potential negative effects on their employees. White’s move is smart. The issue is complex.
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1 month ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
Dr. Laurie Todd-Smith was sworn in Monday as the Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Education at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), after receiving an appointment from President Donald Trump. Todd-Smith’s three decades of education experience spans from time on the ground teaching to serving as the head of former Governor Phil Bryant’s education policy team to academic and thinktank work.
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1 month ago | 
magnoliatribune.com | Russ Latino
No-to-low income earners receive exponentially more in government benefits than they pay in taxes. And high-income earners pay the taxes that afford those benefits. Following the passage of HB 1 to phase out the tax on work, progressive activists have predictably argued that the reform will shift the tax burden onto the poorest among us. It’s populist bunk.
