Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, left, talks with committee members about the proposal for a $247 million economic development project during a special session of the Mississippi Legislature in Jackson, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
A group of state senators on Monday grappled with how much to slash state taxes or if they should cut them at all, portending a major policy debate at the Capitol for next year’s legislative session.