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Mississippi House scores big reforms with 3 bills

2.13.21 – Daily Leader The first reform is the passage of a universal recognition of occupational licenses. House Bill 1263 will make it easier for people to move to Mississippi.  The Mississippi House of Representatives recently passed several reform bills, which...

Capitol Insider: Governor Outlines Agenda For Legislative Session

Governor Kevin Stitt (R) Oklahoma 2.1.21 – KGOU Capitol Insider In a wide ranging interview shortly after his State of the State address, Governor Kevin Stitt discussed his goals for the 2021 Oklahoma Legislative Session  In a wide ranging interview shortly after his...

Analysis: Texas tries to make the connections on broadband internet

Some of the state’s smallest phone companies depend on the state’s Universal Service Fund — an account filled by a tax on local phone lines — to subsidize the higher costs of getting telephone service to the less populated parts of Texas. Credit: Jennifer...

Q&A: ESA President Jamie Vos

Jamie Vos 2.12.21 -SIW The Sandy Springs legal effort has officially concluded. Our legal experts have decided the probability of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to take our case is very unlikely and given the additional expense, the action cannot be justified. We do...

How the IRS Wants to Give Employers Free Money (No, Really)

In order to claim the ERTC, a business must have experienced a decline in gross receipts by more than 20% in any quarter of 2020, compared to the same quarter in 2019. 2.11.21 – SSI –  Mitch Reitman  A lower threshold of gross receipt reductions should...

These 6 Elements Make Company Culture Better

2.11.21 – CI – D. Craig MacCormack  Every company boasts that their culture is better than anyone else’s, so what do they know that you don’t about ensuring it stays that way? I’ve written a lot about company culture in my 10-plus years at...