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State Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Gov. Reeves noncommittal as Gunn, Hosemann ask him to call special session on marijuana, COVID-19
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 04:48 PM, 67 Reads
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn on Friday said they’ve asked fellow Republican Gov. Tate Reeves to call lawmakers into special session next week to deal with medical marijuana and the COVID-19 crisis in Mississippi.
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After a failed first try, the Senate passed a legislative alternative to the medical marijuana program voters approved in November.

Lawmakers reach long-awaited medical marijuana deal. Here are the details.
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu, 09/23/2021 - 01:42 PM, 256 Reads
Legislative negotiators and leaders have agreed on a draft of medical marijuana legislation, and are anticipated to ask Gov. Tate Reeves as early as Friday to call the Legislature into special session, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday.
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Pressed by CNN host Jake Tapper on the state's soaring pandemic death toll, Gov. Tate Reeves pivoted to politics, referring to dead Mississippians as "lagging indicators." Credit: CNN Credit: CNN

Pender: Tate Reeves and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad CNN interview
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed, 09/22/2021 - 03:54 PM, 65 Reads
Below is a political column by Geoff Pender:
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Mississippi is flush with cash thanks to a federal stimulus package. Leaders have done little to plan its spending, unlike in other states. Credit: Vickie King, Mississippi Today

COLUMN: Mississippi procrastinates as other states plan for, spend billions in pandemic stimulus
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon, 09/20/2021 - 10:36 AM, 101 Reads
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

In Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson formed a committee of executive branch and legislative leaders to plan spending the state’s $1.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act money. He directed them to include community, private sector and nonprofit leaders in decisions.
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