Where MSBA stands on the issues that most impact Mississippi's competitiveness, jobs, and communities.
Practical, pro-growth solutions for infrastructure, energy, workforce, health care, and more.
Deliver reliable, statewide transportation with dedicated, performance-tracked funding and on-time projects. Prioritize freight corridors, bridge replacements, and local State Aid roads so products, people, and supplies move without delay.
Keep power reliable and competitive for manufacturers, data centers, and small businesses. Support grid upgrades, transparent cost allocation for large loads, faster interconnections, and a diverse, dispatchable generation mix.
Tackle drivers of property and casualty costs with legal-system improvements, anti-fraud enforcement, and hardening/mitigation investments for homes and businesses.
Maintain a pro-growth tax climate while protecting dedicated infrastructure funding. Modernize incentives to reward new jobs, capital investment, and exports - and make compliance simple for small and mid-sized employers.
Win projects with ready sites, modern infrastructure, and fast, predictable permitting. Expand site readiness funds, preserve key tools (e.g., free port and inventory tax credits), and align incentives to productivity and wages.
Raise labor force participation with employer-led training, apprenticeships, and rapid reskill programs. Clear barriers to work with second-chance hiring pathways and scalable, employer-backed child care solutions.
Strengthen K-12 early literacy and math gains, expand high-quality CTE, and align college and credential programs to industry demand. Make work-based learning the default - from high school through adult upskilling.
Improve workforce health and labor supply by stabilizing care in rural markets and expanding provider capacity. Pursue fiscally prudent coverage and payment reforms that keep clinics and hospitals open and competitive.
Make the Jackson metro a reliable, attractive place to live, work, and meet - through water stability, infrastructure upgrades, and business-police-city partnerships that support safety and investment.
Champion clear, consistent rules and timely permits. Maintain a predictable legal environment and expand universal license recognition so employers can recruit talent quickly.
Support a transparent, long-term plan to stabilize pensions that avoids local tax spikes and protects essential services - so communities remain investable and workforces secure.
Grow Mississippi's ports, rail, and air cargo capacity with targeted investments that speed exports and shorten supply chains.
