Mississippi Treasurer David McRae recently announced the State Treasury will not comply with an IRS proposal that would require community banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions to report transactions for any account that exceeds more than $10,000 of activity each year. Even with the $10,000 threshold (increased from $600 in the Biden Administration’s initial…

Sen. Albert Butler, whose district includes a portion of Copiah County, has been named by Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann to serve on a subcommittee tasked with developing a plan for spending federal pandemic recovery money. Hosemann and Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson named a seven-member appropriations subcommittee last week to make recommendations on expending the $1.8…

District Attorney Daniella M. Shorter recently announced that for the first time in the 22nd Circuit District’s 26-year history, the office has obtained federal funding under the Victims of Crime Act grant. The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Fund was created by Congress in 1984 to provide federal support to state and local programs that…

Wesson Attendance Center has announced honors scholars for the first nine weeks of the 2021-2022 school year. Students named to the Superintendent’s List include: First grade – Kade D’wayne Banks, Abigail Taylor Brooks, Emilie Elizabeth Caballero, Colton Nickoles Craft, Montzerrat Betzabhet Gonzalez, Liam Brady Hamilton, Gourney Quade Hunley, Charles Ray Jordan, Lucas Corey June, Cooper…