In 2023, Gov. Tate Reeves limited state business with the communist country. Now he is requesting state funds for a Chinese company to close business deal.
“The city of Jackson does not just belong to the citizens of Jackson, it's Mississippi's capital city. And it belongs to the state of Mississippi, to the people of Mississippi,” bill sponsor Rep. Trey Lamar told Yahoo News.
The bill championed by Speaker Gunn has been revised since the 2021 session.
On Tuesday, the Mississippi House Ways and Means Committee made short work of HB 531, the "Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022," passing it out of committee on for the full consideration in the House.
Speaker Philip Gun