Gov. Tate Reeves used his speech at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday to tout recent economic successes while asserting that voters need to elect Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump if they want to see economic momentum continue in Mississippi.
The Republican governor lauded roughly $15 billion in private investments that have occurred since his last stump speech at Founder’s Square in August 2023. Developments such as the $10 billion data center project by Amazon Web Services in Madison County as well as a $1.9 billion electric battery production plant in Marshall County were examples Reeves used throughout the speech.
The AWS announcement, which first came in January, broke the record for the largest private-sector investment Mississippi has ever seen while the EV battery plant jointly fronted by three companies is poised to be the largest payroll commitment in state history. A total of 3,000 collective jobs are expected to come from both projects.
“Our great state has been breaking records over and over,” Reeves told a GOP-heavy crowd. “These victories were no accident. They were the diagrammed product of conservative strategy and a vision focused on economic growth and reform.”
Other achievements Reeves noted as economic drivers were the largest-ever tax cut in state history – although he argued income tax still needs to be fully eliminated – and the record-breaking teacher pay raise, both of which occurred in 2022.
Under the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act, $525 million in tax cuts is being phased in through 2026. Additionally, the 5% tax bracket is being phased down to 4% by 2026. For educators in Mississippi, the START Act raised the base teacher salary by an average of $5,140 while adding more built-in bonuses.
“That’s more money in your wallets because I believe you know how to spend your money better than any governmental entity ever will,” Reeves said.
As Reeves vowed to keep working with the GOP-led Mississippi Legislature, he contended that there is one thing voters can do to ensure the state sees future economic success: cast a ballot for Trump on Nov. 5.
He maintained that putting Trump, who served
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