Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson, while presenting the budget on floor this week, said the lack of progress spending grant money is not a problem just on the Coast.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson, while presenting the budget on floor this week, said the lack of progress spending grant money is not a problem just on the Coast.

Sen. Briggs Hopson said, “they went home,” after the House adjourned the Friday before “conference weekend.” Due to legislative deadlines, the House action killed 105 budget bills ...

“The docket room for the house is closed, which means that, affectively, no conference reports can be filed in appropriations,” said Senator Briggs Hopson during the 10 a.m. meeting.

It takes two in this business to make it work, and unfortunately, we couldn't get enough cooperation," Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, said.

On Friday, Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, told reporters he had only on Thursday evening begun budget talks with House negotiators, talks that would usually end ...

"I think it will be open for discussion," says Sen. Briggs Hopson, R-Appropriations Chairman. "I think it will depend on how UMMC could develop that site and also how it could be utilized, if ...

Mississippi ENACT Students visit State Capitol, meet with Legislators and Supreme Court Presiding Justice February 26, 2025 State Senator. State Representative. House Minority Leader. House ...

Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood; Sen. W. Briggs Hopson III, R-Jackson; and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann talk after announcing the Senate's tax plan at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson on ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says he's "feeling fine" after he collapsed on the floor of the Mississippi Senate on Wednesday. Hosemann released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying ...

Sen. Briggs Hopson, Senate Appropriations Chairman, said, "We think this is a plan we can do comfortably. In addition, we put 5 percent extra in our rainy day fund. That is a separate bill we have ...

Mississippi Sen. Briggs Hopson said that as an attorney and a state official, he often sees the negative impacts created by cyber incidents such as data breaches and ransomware attacks. He noted that ...