Lawmakers Ponder Tax Increases, Hear Dire Warning About Bridges

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Thu, 08/24/2017 - 4:49pm

Senate committee is holding two days of hearings on Mississippi's infrastructure and ways to raise more than $300 million more in taxes fr road work.

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