Bobby Harrison

1 week ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison |Taylor Vance |Michael Goldberg

Cecil Brown, who previously served as a key member of the state House, talks with Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison, Taylor Vance and Michael Goldberg about budget battles, past and present, and about the importance of the state budget. He also gives his thoughts on the tax bill passed during the 2025 session.

1 week ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

It is tough to determine the exact reason the Mississippi Legislature adjourned the 2025 session without a budget to fund state government, which will force lawmakers to return in special session to adopt a spending plan before the new fiscal year begins July 1. In a nutshell, the breakdown seemed to have occurred when members of the Senate got angry at their House counterparts because they were not being nice to them. Or maybe vice versa. Trying to suss this reasoning out is too difficult.

1 week ago | dailycorinthian.com | Bobby Harrison

House Ways and Means Chair Trey Lamar estimated that the Mississippi income tax will be phased out in 14 years under legislation passed this session and touted by members of the state’s Republican political leadership. Nobody was crowing louder about the phase-out of the income tax than Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. He even went on Fox News to brag about it. kAm“%96C6 2C6 >@>6?ED :? 2 DE2E6’D 9:DE@CJ E92E >2C< 2 EFC?:?8 A@:?E[” #66G6D D2:5 @?

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

Editor’s note: Former state Rep. Cecil Brown, who was involved in the budget process as a member of the Legislative Budget Committee from 2004 until 2012 and earlier as the state fiscal officer, explains how the state budget process works. Brown also references that the Legislature ended the 2025 session without a budget, which is not how the process is supposed to work. This is an attempt to shine light on the Mississippi state budget process and make it understandable.

2 weeks ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

House Ways and Means Chair Trey Lamar estimated that the Mississippi income tax will be phased out in 14 years under legislation passed this session and touted by members of the state’s Republican political leadership. Nobody was crowing louder about the phase-out of the income tax than Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. He even went on Fox News to brag about it. “There are moments in a state’s history that mark a turning point,” Reeves said on social media.