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PENDER: No communication, last-minute gotcha: Gov. Tate Reeves is at it again with medical marijuana
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,10/15/21-4:12PM , 1,018 Reads 18,531 Statewide
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House speaker Philip Gunn, from left, and Gov. Tate Reeves listen as Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann speaks at the start of Gov. Tate Reeves' COVID-19 press conference at the State of Mississippi Woolfolk Building in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Legislative leaders: Gov. Tate Reeves is holding up medical marijuana with ‘unreasonable demands’
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/14/21-9:12AM , 715 Reads 11,980 Statewide
Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday said Gov. Tate Reeves is holding up a special session to consider a medical marijuana program with last-minute, “unreasonable demands.”
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Mississippi is now the only state in the nation without an equal pay law after Alabama passed one in 2019. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Pender: Will Mississippi continue to short-change women on equal pay?
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,10/11/21-9:18AM , 876 Reads 14,912 Statewide
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As state leaders grapple with workforce issues, young people fleeing the state, and ways for Mississippi to compete in the modern economy, they should remember the colloquial definition of insanity: continuing to do the same things while expecting different results.
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A protester's sign shows her solidarity with those opposing the Mississippi Supreme Court's decision. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Medical marijuana rallies planned across state. No word from Gov. Reeves on session
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,10/08/21-9:30AM , 794 Reads 11,073 Statewide
As lawmakers and many voters wait to see when Gov. Tate Reeves will call a special legislative session on legalizing medical marijuana, a group is planning six rallies across the state on Saturday to urge him to do so pronto.
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