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28.07.2025
1 Stunde 2 Minuten
Mississippi Today editor-in-chief Adam Ganucheau sits down with
Jake McGraw, a policy analyst and researcher who runs
Working Together Mississippi's Rethink Mississippi initiative, to
discuss the state's brain drain crisis. Together with the
University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies,
the organizations launched the state's first-ever scientific
survey to better understand the brain drain problem and develop
solutions. Ganucheau and McGraw discuss what the data shows about
the problem, the economic and political implications of it,
and what more could be done to solve it.
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21.07.2025
35 Minuten
Rep. Price Wallace, a Republican from Mendenhall, is co-chair of
a House select committee Speaker Jason White created to tackle
restoration of voting rights to former felons, reinstituting
voters' right to put issues directly on a ballot and allowing
early voting before Election Day. Wallace tells Mississippi
Today's Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance that the work of several
special committees over the summer and fall will provide more
transparency for the public on legislative work and allows more
input on important issues.
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14.07.2025
42 Minuten
Republican Andy Gipson, the first candidate to publicly announce
a run for Mississippi governor in 2027, outlines his five-plank
platform. No. 1 is fighting crime, which Gipson says is rising in
what were once quiet rural areas, because "If people don't feel
safe, nothing else matters." He also offers a brief sampling of
his baritone crooning from his just-released two studio albums.
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07.07.2025
19 Minuten
Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender, Taylor Vance and Michael
Goldberg discuss political news of the week, including House
Speaker Jason White announcing “school choice” issues as his top
priority for 2026 and perennial U.S. Senate candidate Ty Pinkins
departing the Democratic Party.
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30.06.2025
34 Minuten
John McKay, chairman and CEO of the Mississippi Manufacturers
Association, talks with Mississippi Today's Geoff Pender and
Bobby Harrison about MMA, the Mississippi Economic Council and
the Business and Industry Political Education Committee merging
into a single organization to represent business and industry
across the state. The new Mississippi Business Alliance is
expected to be a powerful voice at the state Capitol in policy
and spending decisions and even in statewide elections. McKay,
who will lead the new organization, says it expects to be up and
running by the beginning of 2026.
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Host Adam Ganucheau 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
that Mississippi Today serves: To present facts, perspectives and
appropriate context on all sides of a political debate. With no
focus on one side of the aisle or the other, we'll also provide you
the other side of a story, giving our award-winning journalists a
platform to share their insights as they cover some of the most
contentious elections in the state's history
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