Mississippi legislature will get back to work Friday

There will be a lot of activity at the statehouse in Jackson just hours from now.

KEEGAN & MEGAN...GOVERNOR TATE REEVES SAYS HE'SMET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PRIVATESECTOR, AND SOME LEGISLATORS ONHOW TO USE CARES ACT FUNDS...HE HAS PLANS TO ADMINISTERTHEM...BUTNOW THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE WILLGAVELIN TO WORK...THEY TOO WANT TO HAVE A SAY INHOW THATMONEY GETS USED... MISSISSIPPI HAS RECIEVED 1 POINT2-5BILLION DOLLARS FROM THELEGISLATION SIGNEDBY THE PRESIDENT LAST MONTH, INRESPONSE TOTHE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK...SOTTATE REEVESWE AS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFGOVERNMENT,HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOWHAT A CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOES,WHICH IS EXECUTE THE LAWS THATHAVE BEEN PASSED BY THELEGISLATUREGOVERNOR TATE REEVES SAYS THEYMAKE THE LAW, AND THE EXECUTIVEEXECUTES THE LAW...BUT, THIS LETTER HAS BEEN SENTTO THE STATEDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FROM LT.GOVERNORDELBERT HOSEMMAN AND HOUSESPEAKER PHILLIPGUNN, INSTRUCTING THE STATEDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NOT TODISPENSE ANY OF THOSEDOLLARS UNTIL THE LEGISLATURECONVENES...SOTTATE REEVESTHE LEGISLATURE HAS THE ABILITYTOAPROPRIATE MONEY UNLESS ANDUNTIL THEY DELEGATE THATRESPOSIBILITY TO THE GOVERNOR ORSOME OTHER ENTITY.

THAT ISWHAT'S TRANSPIRED INMISSISSIPPI, WE HAVE A STATESTATUTE WHICH ADDRESSES ALLFEDERAL MONEY IN AN EMERGENCYSITUATIONONE LAWMAKER TELLS US THEY WILLMEETTOMMOROW TO PASS A TRANSFERMEASURETHAT GIVES THE AUTHORITY TO THEHOUSE AND SENATE FORAPPROPRIATION... SOTANGELA TURNER FORD2:43-2:58I JUST KINDA BRIEFLY SCANNEDTHE LETTER UM, THIS MORNING...SOI UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S THEPOSITION OF THE LEADERS OF THOSETWO CHAMBERS, THEY WERE WELLWITHIN THIER RIGHT TO PUT THEGOVERNOR, AND I WOULD SAY THEDEPRTMENT OF FINANCE ANDADMINISTRATION ON NOTICE REEVESARGUES THE LAW GIVES HIMAUTHORITY PREVIOUS GOVERNORSHAVE HAD IN THE PAST...AND HE'S GETTING SUPPORT FROMONE OFTHEM...IN A COLUMN FOR THE THE CLARIONLEDGER,FORMER GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOURWRITES"THE GOVERNOR, NOT THELEGISLATURE,SHOULD SPEND FEDERAL EMERGENCYCORONAVIRUS MONEY."GOVERNOR REEVES GOT TESTYTHURSDAY WHENASKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS...SOTTATE REEVESI DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN WHOIS IN CHARGE OF THIS MONEY.

WHATI CARE ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE WHONEED IT AND THEY NEED IT NOW.I ASKED REPRESENTATIVE ANGELATURNER-FORD, THE CHAIR OF THEMISSISSIPPI LEGISLATIVE BLACKCAUCUS IFPOLITICS CAN BE AVOIDED IN THERECOVERY FROM THIS PANDEMIC...BLACK LAWMAKERS WANT SOME OFTHOSEFUNDS TO GO TO COVID- 19TESTING, AND AQUICKER RESPONSE TO GETTINGUNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS TO THOSE WHO NEEDTHEM...SOTANGELA TURNER-FORD7:08-7:21I'M AN OPTIMIST...BUT ITHINK THERE ARE POLITICIALS ANDPOLITICS INVOLVED, AND IWOULD HOPE THAT THAT COULD BESET ASIDE FOR THE GREATERGOOD...AND THAT WOULD BE TOPROTECT MISSISSIPPIANS THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE IS ALSODOESN'T WANT POLITICS TO COSTMISSISSIPPIANS THEMONEY THEY SO BADLY NEED IN THISCRISIS...HE SAYS HE WANTS TO SEE SOME OFTHOSEFUNDS SPENT ON EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGYFOR DISTANCE LEARNING, ALONGWITH HELPINGBOT PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES,ANDGOVERNMENT ENTETIES... REPORTINGFROM HOME TONIGHT...TROYJOHNSON...16 WAPT NEWS AT 10... ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN FLOWOODIS FINDING A WAY TO HAVE FUN IN