The following is a verbatim transcript of Mississippi’s Gov. Tate Reeves’ 2025 State of the State Address as delivered on the steps outside the Mississippi Capitol Building on Jan. 29, 2025.
Thank you, Lieutenant Governor Hosemann and Speaker White.
To the members of the legislature and to my fellow Mississippians—thank you.
The State of the State is a time-honored tradition delivered by governors for years. It is how we mark the end of one year and the beginning of another. And I’ve got to tell you, the year we just ended is going to be an awfully hard act to follow.
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Thanks to your hard work and commitment, the state of our state marks 2024—on so many levels—as the most successful in Mississippi history.
Together, we broke record after record and our economy roared. Billions of dollars were invested in our state, and thousands of jobs were created.
Unemployment reached an all-time low, and Mississippi was top three in the nation for the fastest-growing economy, and Top Four for the fastest-growing per-capita income in America, in the most recent data.
This is the success we all promised the people of our state. We said Mississippi had momentum and this is Mississippi’s time—and the results are clear. In fact, this is Mississippi’s time.
We had win after win on behalf of the people who live here, and we did things that some thought would never be possible. I want to thank all of you for your hard work. It would not have been possible without you. Success on this scale is a team effort.
And in 2025, we will soar to even greater heights, we will accomplish even bigger things.
Before we go any further—and believe me I am going to go further into this success—I want to remind everyone watching of why we push so hard.
Our goal is not statistics. Not dollars invested. Not even jobs created. Our goal is families. We want Mississippi to be the best place in America to
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