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@ISSUE • State Agency Budget Requests
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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…