Mornings with Richard Cross

We talk with Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann about the 2021 legislative session, his thoughts on Medicaid expansion, a pay-raise for teachers, CON changes, and the scope of practice bills this session. Drew Snyder – Executive Director, MS Division of Medicaid talks about the Medicaid bill up for renewal in the legislature this year. What will stay the same and what will change. Is Medicaid expansion going to happen for MS this year?

Several members of the Mississippi State Medical Association talk bills in the Mississippi Legislature. We also talk about K-12 computer science education with C Spire and Code.Org. Plus Biden continues to make a mess and there's more fallout from the GameStop fiasco.

As President Biden signs away thousands of jobs, more people worry about his unprecedented use of executive orders. Dr. Carey Wright of the Mississippi Dept. of Education talks about testing. Then former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour joins the show to talk about the passing of Leland Speed.

More impeachment news out of D.C. Also, Senator Jeremy England talks about his efforts to end roadblocks for services from licensing and registration requirements that slow small businesses down and hurt the labor market. Plus Dr. Andrea Mayfield of the Mississippi Community College Board talks about the 2021 Legislative session.

Biden continues to stumble out of the gate while the national media fawns all over him. Justice Dawn Beam of the Mississippi Supreme Court and Dr. Chan Hellman of the Hope Research Center at the University of Oklahoma talks about helping children overcome trauma.

We talk with Grant Callen of Empower Mississippi about National School Choice Week. Rep. Jeremy Anderson of District 110 shares his thoughts about the 2021 Legislative Session and the work he is doing towards voter restoration rights.

What's next for the Biden Administration as the new President issues several controversial executive orders in his first hours in the Oval Office. Longtime political columnist Sid Salter gives his take on the national scene. Rep. Angela Cockerham talks about the 2021 legislative session and the bills that she will be focusing on within the Jud A Cmte.

How is the vaccine distribution going in Mississippi? We talk with Kyle Lewis, Senior Director, Senior Care at Gulfport Memorial Hospital, and Tim Moore, President and CEO of the MS Hospital Association about the vaccine roll out in MS and how hospitals are handling the pandemic. Mike McCormick - President, MS Farm Bureau- talks about Farm Bureau’s legislative agenda for the 2021 session, thoughts on medical marijuana and how farmers will handle it. PLUS a roundtable discussion about the C Spire Foundation’s $1 million commitment to support efforts to get computer science education in all K-12 public schools.

It's President Trump's final days in the Oval Office, plus Frank Bordeaux – Chairman, MS GOP - joins the show to talk about ow the MS GOP is faring, transfer of power to Democrats in DC, and whether that will impact Mississippi.