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Governor Reeves releases Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget Recommendation
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“We are going to maximize freedom, we are going to defend your rights and security, and we are going to construct a future that each Mississippian might be happy with,” Reeves stated.
On Tuesday, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves launched his Fiscal Yr 2024 Govt Finances Suggestion, which notes a few of his prime priorities. These embody:
- Eliminating the earnings tax
- Advancing the New Professional-Life Agenda
- Giving Mississippi kids a first-rate training
- Making it simpler to lift a household
- Reducing healthcare prices
- Constructing a high-quality workforce
- Defending the protection of Mississippians.
Governor Reeves stated Mississippi’s financial system is booming, unemployment charges are at all-time lows, and the state is on tempo to realize record-shattering capital funding in 2022.
“We proceed to achieve new heights as a state, and it’s due to the hardworking individuals who stay right here. Mississippi has no plans to hit the brakes anytime quickly,” Reeves stated.
The Mississippi Governor stated the FY 2024 Govt Finances Suggestion can stimulate discussions not solely round this 12 months’s finances, however on the central tenets of the agenda that they goal to advertise throughout Fiscal Yr 2024.
“Our final goal is simple: to advance accountable insurance policies that lay the muse of a robust society and permit Mississippians to flourish,” Reeves continued. “We are going to maximize freedom, we are going to defend your rights and security, and we are going to construct a future that each Mississippian might be happy with. In different phrases, my finances continues to place you – the taxpayer – first.”
Within the FY 2024 Govt Finances Suggestion, Reeves stated that due to the final session’s historic tax reduce, Mississippi now has the fifth lowest marginal tax price in your complete nation.
Whereas the Governor is happy with that, he as soon as once more proposes that Mississippi get rid of its earnings tax by decreasing it instantly to 4% on all taxable earned earnings and by a further 1% annually over the following 4 years.
“Mississippi can afford to get rid of its earnings tax,” Reeves stated. “My proposal is possible, sensible, and doesn’t require chopping present state expenditures. Final session, the fiscal and monetary atmosphere was proper. Sadly, the political atmosphere was not. This session, I hope that’s not the case.”
Reeves additionally proposes investing $16 million typically funds for training to double the variety of profession coaches from roughly 80 to 160.
“It will assist obtain the aim of inserting not less than one profession coach in each college district throughout the state,” Governor Reeves defined. “These coaches will particularly be directed towards low- earnings areas, serving to to encourage younger Mississippians with the abundance of pathways obtainable for fulfilling careers.”
Moreover, Reeves asks the Legislature to fund $100 million from the Capital Expense Fund to additional strengthen efforts to create extra project-ready websites throughout Mississippi.
Reeves proposes allocating $2 million to encourage cross-district coordination and digital studying.
“The funding will probably be utilized to create a grant program that will help colleges/districts in upgrading know-how and infrastructure and assist fund digital trainer sharing,” the EBR states.
The Mississippi Governor proposes allocating $1 million towards laptop science initiatives to bolster our college students’ training on this quickly evolving subject.
There are near 4,000 kids in foster care throughout the state of Mississippi. Reeves proposes allocating $3 million to increase the Training Scholarship Account to incorporate children in foster care. Initially, a restricted pilot program protecting 400 kids could be applied to assist guarantee program effectiveness.
The Being pregnant Useful resource Act is a first-of-its-kind piece of laws which strengthens being pregnant useful resource facilities throughout the state by way of tax credit. Reeves proposes growing the present tax credit score from $3.5 million to $7 million and increasing the tax credit score’s eligibility to people.
Governor Reeves proposes allocating a further $3 million towards growing the variety of full-time attorneys at Youngster Protecting Providers (CPS).
“These extra attorneys will enable for CPS to deal with all adoption instances begin to end,” Reeves stated. “No baby needs to be caught within the foster care system on account of an absence of attorneys at CPS. By allocating this $3 million, Mississippi will cut back backlogs and assist to make sure that no foster baby is left behind.”
Reeves additional proposed allocating $5 million towards making a aggressive grant program to help disaster being pregnant organizations and non-profit organizations that supply help earlier than, throughout, and after being pregnant.
“I’m additionally proposing that county well being departments and any hospital that receives state funding be required to refer pregnant ladies to being pregnant assist organizations after a optimistic being pregnant check,” Reeves added.
The Mississippi Governor recommends an roughly $15.1 million finances for Capitol Police. This $4.56 million finances improve will fund salaries, patrol automobiles, and gear for not less than 150 Capitol Law enforcement officials in Jackson’s Capitol Advanced Enchancment District.
Immediately I launched my FY2024 Finances Suggestion.
⁰We will maximize freedom, we are going to defend your rights and security, & we are going to construct a future that each Mississippian might be happy with. In different phrases, my finances continues to place you – the taxpayer – first.https://t.co/dvamiKEu78 pic.twitter.com/bG1DSri9tk— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) November 15, 2022
Under are among the Governor’s proposals:
- Encourages the Mississippi Legislature to determine a Dad and mom’ Invoice of Rights that acknowledges parental authority over their kids’s lives and training within the upcoming session.
- Proposes allocating funds towards a Patriotic Training Fund to be administered by the Mississippi Division of Training.
- Recommends an official partnership with Lifeline Kids’s Providers to increase the community of packages supplied in Mississippi.
- Recommends the Mississippi Legislature to get rid of the requirement that folks apply for baby help providers as a part of the approval course of for a childcare certificates.
- Suggest increasing our present secure haven legal guidelines from 7 days to 12 months.
- Proposes a variety of reforms to assist strengthen our present baby help community.
The EBR is supplied to lawmakers for overview and consideration. Nevertheless, the suggestions made by Governors on EBRs previous have historically not been adopted as intently as the manager department would really like when legislative appropriators draft their finances
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Ex-official in Mississippi is treated for gambling addiction amid embezzlement charge, lawyer says
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former tax assessor and collector in north Mississippi checked into a residential treatment center for a gambling addiction after he called the state auditor’s office and confessed to misusing more than $300,000 in public money, his attorney said Tuesday.
Shannon Wilburn, 49, resigned in April from the elected office he had held in Benton County since 2016, and he began the 12-week addiction treatment in late July, his attorney Tony Farese told The Associated Press.
“I’ve known Shannon all of his life,” Farese said. “We are shocked that he finds himself in this situation.”
Mississippi Auditor Shad White announced Tuesday that Wilburn has been charged with one count of embezzlement. The announcement came days after Wilburn was indicted. Farese said Wilburn turned himself in to the sheriff’s office Friday, then posted bond and returned to the treatment program.
Wilburn is accused of taking $327,055 paid to the Benton County Tax Collector’s office and using the money for personal expenses, Farese said. He said Wilburn confessed to the auditor’s office before hiring legal representation and has continued to cooperate with investigators.
“He apologizes for disappointing the citizens of Benton County and the state of Mississippi,” Farese said.
If convicted, Wilburn would face up to $5,000 in fines and 20 years in prison.
White said Wilburn’s employment as a Benton County elected official was covered by $200,000 in surety bonds to protect taxpayers from losses from corruption. The county also has an insurance policy that covers theft.
“The dedicated team at the State Auditor’s Office will continue to work closely with prosecutors to get record results, one case at a time,” White said in a statement.
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Vicksburg’s Raymond Elledge set to enter Mississippi Disc Golf Hall of Fame – The Vicksburg Post
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Vicksburg’s Raymond Elledge set to enter Mississippi Disc Golf Hall of Fame
Published 4:30 pm Tuesday, September 3, 2024
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During two decades of playing disc golf, Raymond Elledge has only won one big tournament.
“I don’t even remember what year it was,” he said.
Nonetheless, Elledge is a legend in the sport in Mississippi. He’s worked tirelessly to maintain courses, been a member of several local and state players associations, and taught people young and old the joys of it. That level of dedication led to Elledge’s recent election to the Mississippi Disc Golf Hall of Fame. He’ll officially be inducted Oct. 12 in Starkville.
“When he first told me last year I was nominated, I told him, ‘Man, you’re making my heart hurt.’ You don’t realize the emotions you can get. Stuff can just tear you up, and it did because I was just so excited,” the 62-year-old Vicksburg resident said. “You go years and years, and you’re out here busting your butt trying to maintain the course and showing everybody what you can.”
Disc golf is played the same as traditional golf, except with plastic discs that resemble frisbees. Players take aim at a steel basket several hundred yards away, with the goal of getting it in there in as few throws as possible.
Elledge first played disc golf in 2002, on a private course built in the backyard of Vicksburg resident Herman Cochran. One of the people playing with Elledge made a hole-in-one, and the excitement over the feat hooked him instantly.
“I seen this little old fella, he was 21 or 22 but he looked like he was 12, and he made an ace. I was hooked. I’ve got to do it,” Elledge said. “I don’t go anywhere on vacation without taking my disc golf bag. I just love the game.”
Elledge added that the simplicity of the sport is something he enjoys. A starter kit of three discs — a driver, mid-range disc and putter, all of which have different densities and flight characteristics — can be purchased for about $25.
The courses are easily found at many parks in Mississippi. There is an 18-hole course at Halls Ferry Park. Players of all ages and shapes can play it as long as they can walk the course. Elledge had quadruple bypass heart surgery eight years ago and playing disc golf helps him stay in shape.
“It’s something anybody can do,” he said. “I’ve trained kids from 5 to 50, and the oldest one I’ve helped train to play this game is 71 years old now. He still comes out and plays. This is a sport that any age can play.“
With his passion for disc golf comes a sense of responsibility. He’s helped clear brush around parts of the Halls Ferry Park course to keep it playable, and done the same while working with associations like the Vicksburg Disc Golf Association and Jackson Union of Disc Golf Enthusiasts.
He’s also eager to teach the game to newcomers.
“I’ve never quit teaching how to play the game,” he said. “They used to have something called the World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend and I won it three years in a row. What it is, is whoever takes the most players out to a certain disc golf course gets the T-shirt and a disc.”
His service to the sport led to a nomination for the Mississippi Disc Golf Hall of Fame in 2023, but he didn’t make the final cut. This year he did, and he said it was better than winning any tournament.
“You play a lot of tournaments. You do a whole lot for the sport itself, such as numerous work days working on the course to maintain it. Teaching the kids and when we have tournaments helping move baskets around to new spots,” Elledge said. “Then somebody will nominate you and there’s a lot of votes from the clubs. If you get enough votes from everybody you’re in. You find out how much you’re appreciated by everybody for all that you’ve done.”
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Arizona State vs Mississippi State picks, odds: Who wins Week 2 college football game?
Arizona State forces 3 turnovers in win over Wyoming to start 2024
All offseason, coach Kenny Dillingham preached getting turnovers. Forty seconds into the season’s first game, the defense produced its first one.
The Arizona State Sun Devils host the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a Week 2 non-conference college football game on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
Which team will win the game?
Check out these picks and predictions for the game, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. MST and can be seen on ESPN (stream with this free trial from FUBO).
Arizona State is coming off a 48-7 win against Wyoming. Mississippi State beat Eastern Kentucky in its season opener, 56-7.
ASU football is a 6.5-point favorite over Mississippi State in the game, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.
The Sun Devils are -250 on the moneyline. The Bulldogs are +200.
The over/under for the game is set at 56.5 points.
This is the first meeting between the two college football programs.
Dimers.com: Arizona State 30, Mississippi State 24
It writes: “According to our analysis, Arizona State is more likely to beat Mississippi State in CFB action at Mountain America Stadium on Saturday.”
Sports Chat Place: Bet ASU football to cover vs Mississippi State
It writes: “I’m going with Arizona State. This should be a fun matchup though, and you could make a case either way. The Sun Devils posted 499 total yards (241 rushing), 7.0 yards per play, 27 first downs and no turnovers in their blowout win Saturday. Defensively they were great as well with 118 yards allowed (78 passing), eight first downs, three turnovers and a 3-of-13 rate on third downs.”
Arizona State football predictions: Game-by-game picks for Sun Devils in 2024 season
Picks and Parlays: Arizona State 35, Mississippi State 21
Cameron Ross writes: “Both teams come in a week two undefeated as each will look to continue to roll. Arizona State will have the edge however as they are on their home field and have a top tier defense. Look for the Sun Devils to keep it rolling as they pick up a win and cover at home against the SEC opponent.”
Clarion Ledger: Arizona State 27, Mississippi State 26
Sam Sklar writes: “This game kicks off at 9:30 p.m. CT against an Arizona State team that should be improved under second-year coach Kenny Dillingham. The Sun Devils offense averaged just 17.7 points per game in part due to injuries at quarterback and offensive line. Redshirt freshman transfer Sam Leavitt is ASU’s new quarterback.”
ASU football schedule: Dates, times, TV channels for Sun Devils’ 2024 season
ESPN: Sun Devils have a 56.5% chance to defeat Bulldogs in Week 2
The site’s matchup predictor gives Mississippi State a 43.5% chance to beat Arizona State at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe on Saturday.
STREAM THE GAME: Watch ASU football vs Mississippi State live with FUBO (free trial)
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