Category: CARES Act

Posted in2020 Legislative Session

‘Cheap theatrics and false personal insults’: Speaker Gunn blisters Gov. Reeves over CARES Act spending authority

Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi

Lawmakers strip Gov. Tate Reeves’ spending authority of more than $1.25 billion in federal coronavirus aid

Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi

‘There’s a stranger sleeping in my bed’: Legislative Democrats have rare bargaining power in CARES Act spending battle

Posted in2020 Legislative Session

Hosemann, Gunn instruct state’s fiscal officer not to spend COVID-19 federal funds until Legislature acts

Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi

Legislative leaders plan early return to Jackson to strip Gov. Tate Reeves of CARES Act spending authority