Mississippi’s top lawmakers skip initial budget proposals because of disagreement with governor
Associated Press— Mississippi legislators will begin their session next month without a broad outline from their leaders about how the state should spend money during the year that begins July 1. Budget writers will meet several times during the session, and they will monitor the state’s economic performance to try to predict how much tax money might be available to spend, said Republican Rep. Jason White of West, who is on track to become the new House speaker in January. Legislators have reduced the state income tax in recent years, and Reeves has said he wants to fully eliminate it to make Mississippi more competitive with Texas, Tennessee and other states that don’t tax income. Delbert Hosemann, the current chairman of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, said Wednesday that budget writers need to be cautious because the revenue trend “is not going positively.” Hosemann said that if the state economy looks healthy, legislators could consider proposals to further reduce the income tax or to reduce the 7% grocery tax.
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