The Other Side: Mississippi Today's Political Podcast

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The Other Side: Mississippi Today's Political Podcast episodes

November 01, 2021 E182 Commissioner Brandon Presley urges local governments to wisely spend federal stimulus
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is urging state, county and city officials to wisely spend billions in federal pandemic stimulus to tackle the state's most pressing needs. These, he said, given the federal rules on spending the money, are clear: water, sewerage and broadband projects. He noted more than 380,000 rural Mississippians do not have community water service.
41 min
October 25, 2021 E181 Mississippi House hearing scheduled felony disenfranchisement
Mississippi Today political reporters Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender discuss with House Judiciary B Chair Rep. Nick Bain, R-Corinth, the state provision imposing a lifetime voting ban on some people convicted of felonies and whether it could be changed without going through burdensome process of amending the Mississippi Constitution.
20 min
October 18, 2021 E180 House leader discusses where the Mississippi medical marijuana stands
Mississippi Today political reporter Geoff Pender talks with Rep. Lee Yancey, who has led the House's efforts to pass a medical marijuana program. Yancey detailed legislative negotiations about the marijuana program, as well as an impasse lawmakers have reached with Gov. Tate Reeves over several details of the proposal.
33 min
October 11, 2021 E179 What is Mississippi doing with its huge pots of federal funds?
Mississippi Today journalists Adam Ganucheau and Geoff Pender discuss how Mississippi is behind many other states in determining how to spend billions in federal coronavirus-related stimulus funds.
14 min
October 04, 2021 E178 Federal funds provide opportunity to fix child care program for working parents
Mississippi's voucher program to help single working parents has been underfunded and difficult to navigate because of red tape. Carol Burnett and Matt Williams of the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care initiative explain how an influx of federal pandemic stimulus dollars could help.
32 min
September 27, 2021 E177 Federal court hears case challenging Mississippi's felony disenfranchisement law
Jackson attorney Rob McDuff of the Mississippi Center for Justice discusses with Mississippi Today's political reporters Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender the efforts of him and others to invalidate state constitutional provision crafted in 1890 to prevent African Americans from voting.
28 min
September 20, 2021 E176 COVID town hall with Dr. Edney, Dr. Woodward, Lt. Gov. Hosemann
Mississippi Today hosted a virtual town hall last week with key state leaders including Dr. Dan Edney, chief health officer at the Mississippi Department of Health, Dr. LouAnn Woodward, chief executive of University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann. We also heard from several key education leases. Listen to the full town hall on this week's episode of The Other Side.
57 min
September 13, 2021 E175 Where is the medical marijuana special session lawmakers promised?
Mississippi Today journalists Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender discuss where in the process lawmakers are on passing a medical marijuana program to replace the one struck down by the Mississippi Supreme Court in May. Officials had promised a marijuana special session in August. Where are they?
23 min
September 06, 2021 E174 Will Mississippi lawmakers eliminate the income tax and raise others?
Mississippi Today reporters Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison join Adam Ganucheau to discuss Mississippi lawmakers' two-day hearings, when experts talked about the pros and cons of cutting the state's income tax and raising other taxes.
20 min
August 30, 2021 E173 Top lawmaker still hopeful of 2021 special session to enact medical marijuana
Mississippi Today political reporters Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender discuss medical marijuana with Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, who has been leading the negotiations with Rep. Lee Yancey, R-Brandon, in hopes of reaching a compromise between the two legislative chambers on the issue.
24 min

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Host Geoff Pender and the Mississippi Today political team bring you intimate access to the most connected players and observers in Mississippi politics. This podcast is a continuation of the mission…