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WASHINGTON — Taxes too high? Actually, as a share of the nation’s economy, Uncle Sam’s take this year will be the lowest since 1950, when
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the Korean War was just getting under way. And for the third straight year, American families and businesses will pay less in federal taxes than they did under former President George W. Bush, thanks to a
weak economy and a growing number of tax breaks for the wealthy and poor alike. Income tax payments this year will be nearly 13 percent lower than they were in 2008, the last full year of the Bush presidency. Corporate
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County road funding up 13.5 percent for ’11 By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarrett@vicksburgpost.com
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A car leaves the Vicksburg National Cemetery Monday after gates were reopened to vehicles after being closed since mid-fall for a construction project to restabilize the banks of Mint Springs Bayou where erosion was threatening
the southern portion of the cemetery. The 116-acre cemetery, the largest in the United States, was established by Congress in 1866 and contains 17,000 Union Civil War dead, including 13,000 unknown.
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code that grows each year with new deductions, credits and exemptions. The result is that families making as much as $50,000 can avoid paying federal income taxes,
land to jump-start jail construction should clarify what’s out there for the Changes to the way school county to purchase and satisfy some board elecA public notice parameters tions are held in Warren County seeking proposals mentioned in consultants’ and a public and prices on land 2010 study — 20 notice to find land for a jail to jump-start jail to 50 acres for a facility capawere approved construction should ble of housby supervisors Monday. clarify what’s out ing at least 350 inmates the Board Presithere for the county first year. dent Richard “We’ll make George was to purchase... it as specific as authorized to we can make sign documents for each, both of which need it,” George said following Monday’s 4-0 vote, taken approval from the Missiswithout District 1 Supervisippi Legislature. sor David McDonald, who A public notice seeking proposals and prices on See County, Page A7.
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taxes will be lower by a third, according to projections by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The poor economy is largely to blame, with corporate profits down and unemployment up. But so is a tax
By Danny Barrett Jr. dbarret@vicksburgpost.com
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1910: The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated. 1924: The first execution by gas in the United States takes place at the Nevada State Prison as Gee Jon, a Chinese immigrant convicted of murder, is put to death. 1960: Work begins on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles. 2007: Model, actress and tabloid sensation Anna Nicole Smith dies in Florida at age 39 of an accidental drug overdose. Anna Nicole 2010: Smith Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station.
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A stretch of Bovina Cutoff Road near Warriors Trail and bridge improvements await either final specifications or right of way acquisition. Two sets of bridges, one at Rawhide Road and relief bridges at Fisher See Roads, Page A7.
Legal assistant seeking chancery clerk position
By Manivanh Chanprasith mchan@vicksburgpost.com A small family-owned grocery store on Second North Street sitting empty and charred for more than a year was added to the city’s demolition list Monday. Property owner Robert Bass and other family members pleaded with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday to keep their 50-year-old property at 1001 Second North St. “We want to try to save the building,” Bass said, adding the family wants to rebuild a grocery store in the same
Road maintenance money from the state to resurface bad roads and repair small bridges in Warren County has increased for the new year, records show. Funds for Warren County from the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s Office of State Aid Road Construction totaled $1,263,987.22 this fiscal year, up about 13.5 percent from last year. The 1.32 percent of available state funds allocated locally, based on county size and population, remains down about 19 percent from four years ago. Supervisors have approved this year’s update of a four-year plan for road and bridge construction projects. Seven road
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A former store at Second North and Jackson streets. location. The building, along with four other homes on Jackson and Second North streets, were burned Jan. 25, 2010. The other properties have been razed. A Vicksburg man, Leroy Evans, 33, 1762 Mississippi 27, was arrested and charged
with arson in all five fires. He remains free on a $2,500 bond awaiting trial in April, said Brenda Theriot at the Warren County District Attorney’s Office. The board, in the absence See City, Page A8.
This year’s field of candidates for chancery clerk grew by one Monday, as a local legal assistant filed to enter the race. Alecia Ashley, 35, filed qualifying papers as an independent for the office held for nearly three terms by Dot McGee, who is retiring at the end of the current term. Ashley, a Yazoo City native who received her General Educational Development certification, said
her five years as a legal assistant for Vicksburg attorney Travis T. Vance Jr. and, earlier, Alecia for attorney Ashley Mark Prewitt, plus familiarity with the clerk’s office, cinched the decision to run for the position. “I’ve worked in this field, and I’ve done a lot of work See Election, Page A7.