Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has released his fiscal year 2027 executive budget recommendations, highlighting an agenda he believes would greatly benefit the state.
Through the legislature, which is set to reconvene in January, the governor is looking to continue major economic development efforts, train Mississippians for the jobs of the future, improve mental health outcomes, enhance public safety, support local courts, and maintain recent education gains.
Top priorities for Reeves in the upcoming fiscal year include:
- Continuing to invest in efforts to diversify energy sources and strengthen the power grid to keep energy rates low for ratepayers.
- Investing in site readiness in all major regions of the state to attract more economic development projects.
- Investing in programs that will train Mississippi’s workforce for the high-paying jobs of the future.
- Investing in talent solution centers to train an estimated 19,000 workers over the next decade
- Developing a tri-share model that allows employers to share the cost of child care tuition with employees and the state of Mississippi.
- Investing in psychiatric emergency service centers for both adults and youth.
- Investing in the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency’s disaster trust fund.
- Establishing a uniform statewide youth court system and investing in judicial pay raises.
- Expanding school choice opportunities for Mississippi parents.
Reeves issued the following statement along with his recommendations:
“Since I’ve been governor, we’ve sent a clear message to the private sector that our state has what it takes to help companies succeed in record time. Together, we’ve finalized the four largest economic development projects in state history and created thousands of high-paying jobs across every region in Mississippi. In 2024, Mississippi was second in America for household income growth. We were also seventh for jobs reshored, before rising to third in the first quarter of 2025.
During my time as governor, together, we’ve witnessed Mississippi’s unemployment rate reach an all-time low, built the second-fastest growing economy in the United States and delivered the fourth fastest-growing per capita income in all of America. The ‘Mississippi Momentum’ is real and our people are better off because of it.
In the classroom, the ‘Mississippi Miracle’ continues. Our students are learning more than ever before, and they’re proving to the country that conservative reforms in education work. Mississippi students are leading the nation in fourth grade reading and math gains. In fact, our fourth graders are performing so well that they are now Number 9 and Number 16 in reading and math, respectively. In 2014, Mississippi was 48th in education. Today, we’re 16th.
Through our collective efforts, Mississippi is writing new and impressive chapters for its history books. We are charting a better and more prosperous course for our state and her people that will last for generations. I am excited for what the future holds for Mississippi and proudly share several of my priorities for FY 2027.”
The full FY 2027 executive budget recommendations, which is projected to be just north of $9.5 billion, can be found here.