t’s a good bet that come Wednesday, the Legislature will quickly rubber-stamp the incentive package that Gov. Tate Reeves has put together to land a major new plant (or dramatically expand an existing one) in Mississippi’s Golden Triangle area.
The deal will be presented as a no-brainer: a $2.5 billion investment by the so-far-unnamed company and a thousand additional jobs at an average salary of $93,000 per worker. In exchange, the state will be asked to put up a bundle in incentives — most likely an assortment of tax breaks plus help with infrastructure and worker training. Mississippi Today reports that the incentive package will be worth $150 million to $160 million.