Requested On Medical Marijuana Proposal
Mississippi legislative leaders said Friday that they are asking Republican Gov. Tate Reeves to call the House and Senate into special session to enact a medical marijuana program and approve financial help for hospitals. They also want legislators during the session to authorize death benefit payments for law enforcement officers and first responders who die of COVID-19 and set aside money for shelters that help victims of child abuse and domestic violence. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn, both Republicans, told reporters that they believe legislators could handle the business quickly - possibly in as little as one day. Only a governor can call a special session and set the agenda. Reeves has not said what he will do. “Staff from the governor’s office and Legislature met together to discuss it today, and we are looking forward to engaging further,” the governor’s spokeswoman, Bailey Martin, said Friday. Hosemann and Gunn said hospital executives are having diff