Mississippi legislators will gather under the Capitol dome at noon on January 7 for their 2025 session. This will be the second year of the ongoing four-year term, and lawmakers are expected to address a raft of issues including tax cuts and shoring up the state’s public retirement system.
Capitol leaders will forego much of the pomp and circumstance that dominated the first portion of the 2024 session because both House Speaker Jason White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann will not have to appoint new leaders to lead the dozens of legislative committees.
Instead, the 174 legislators can dive headfirst into some of these issues that could be debated and considered:
Tax cuts
Both House Speaker Jason White and Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann have pitched separate tax cut proposals. White, a Republican from West, has said he wants to lower the grocery tax, eliminate the income tax and ensure the Department of Transportation has a secure revenue stream to build and maintain state roads. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has also said he wants to eliminate the income tax.