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Governor Tate Reeves Releases Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget Recommendation

Governor Tate Reeves today released his Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget Recommendation. The Budget Recommendation highlights an agenda focused on continuing Mississippi’s record-breaking economic development efforts, training Mississippians for the jobs of the future, improving mental health outcomes, enhancing public safety, supporting Mississippi’s courts, and maintaining Mississippi’s nation-leading education gains.

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Governor Reeves Unveils Mississippi’s Rural Health Transformation Program Plan

Governor Tate Reeves today announced the state of Mississippi has submitted its Rural Health Transformation Program Plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Mississippi’s plan, which was developed with broad input from key stakeholders across the state, is focused on improving healthcare and patient outcomes for Mississippians, strengthening the state’s rural health workforce, and ensuring sustainable access to care for those who need it most.

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Governor Reeves Requests Waivers To Encourage Healthier Purchases While Using SNAP Benefits

Governor Tate Reeves today announced that he has requested a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to ban the purchase of unhealthy processed foods and beverages using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

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Governor Reeves Issues Executive Order Reestablishing Presidential Fitness Test In Schools

Governor Tate Reeves today issued Executive Order 1589 to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for elementary, middle and high school students across Mississippi. Executive Order 1589 comes after President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order that reestablished the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition and reinstituted the Presidential Fitness Test.

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Mission 3 Launches to Strengthen Defense, Support Military, and Unite the Community on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Governor Tate Reeves today announced the formation of Mission 3, a public-private nonprofit defense community support organization designed to strengthen military installations, expand economic opportunity, and unite South Mississippi communities around shared priorities.

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Governor Tate Reeves Sets Special Election for Ward One Commissioner in the City of Clarksdale

Governor Tate Reeves today announced that he has set a special election for Ward One Commissioner in the City of Clarksdale. The special election is due to the Circuit Court of Coahoma County finding “that there was a sufficient number of illegal ballots cast to change the outcome of the election…and that a special election is necessary.”

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