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Taxes · ColumbusSTARKVILLE – With a $1.3 million shortfall in revenue projected for the city’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget, aldermen are weighing how to close the gap without raising property taxes by nearly 10%. Board members left a Friday work session with a preliminary budget requiring a 2.36-mill increase instead to generate about $786,367. The increase, if approved, would raise the city’s tax rate 7.3% to 34.36 mills. It would add $23.60 per $100,000 of value …Read Article
Starkville budget plan includes 7.3% tax increase

Columbus · ColumbusBAY SPRINGS, Miss. — When the light of a new day awakens Peter Frank, he settles his focus on getting into his canoe. Come late afternoon, as the setting sun draws low, he thinks about getting out of it. In between? Lots of paddling. Lots of it. That’s not a problem, though. In fact, it’s a goal — one welcomed by the participant. The Great Loop, as it is known among adventurers, is a rough oval involving both manmade and natural waterways. It en…Read Article