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The Other Side: Mississippi Today’s Political Podcast

Jun 29, 2020

Mississippi Today's political reporters discuss the wild few hours leading up to the moment that lawmakers voted to remove the state flag, which featured the Confederate battle emblem.


Jun 22, 2020

Legislature hopes to finish work of funding state agencies in coming days. State budget cuts expected, but not as deep as once feared, Senate Appropriations chair says.


Jun 15, 2020

Mississippi Today's political reporters discuss the complicated process of changing the state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, this late in the 2020 legislative session.


Jun 8, 2020

State Rep. Zakiya Summers, D-Jackson, discusses how the George Floyd killing and the protests in its wake have spurred talks of meaningful criminal justice reform in Mississippi. She also discusses how Mississippi officials must ease access to polls ahead of Election Day during the coronavirus pandemic.


Jun 1, 2020

Mississippi Today reporter Bobby Harrison discusses a Capitol win that Gov. Tate Reeves scored last week, and Editor in Chief Adam Ganucheau discusses his three-part series on the dysfunction of the Mississippi Democratic Party.