The Joint Legislative Budget Committee is reviewing budget requests for all state agencies for Fiscal Year 2028. Some are asking for substantial increases, like the Division of Medicaid (a $179 million increase), and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (almost doubling its request from last year). We interview Senator Briggs Hopson (R-Vicksburg), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a member of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Then, host Wilson Stribling welcomes Republican Lucien Smith and Democrat Brandon Jones for their insights on how the state budgeting process really works.
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