The Gallo Show SuperTalk Mississippi

7:20 a.m. - Jason White – Speaker, MS House of Representatives

Topic: The legislature is headed into conference weekend, are we likely to see traction made on Medicaid expansion and Education funding (INSPIRE) or is this the end of the road for those bills?

8:05 a.m. - Philip Mantle – Author and Publisher, ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’

Topic: The Netflix show Files of the Unexplained. Philip worked with the TV production company on the episode that featured the Pascagoula event and he has watched it since its release. His thoughts on the event and his working relationship with Calvin Parker. Philip Mantle was the publisher of Parker’s 2018 book Pascagoula-The Closest Encounter: My Story.

8:35 a.m. - Dixon Williams – SuperTalk MS Sports Director

Topic: Preview of weekend sports, biggest sports news of the week, etc.

7:35 a.m. - Thomas Tuggle - Former Lt. Col MHP & Former Director, MS Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Academy (MLEOTA) & Sheriff, DeSoto County

Topic: Memphis has a program to pay gangs not to shoot anyone. Recently Jackson has indicated that they may institute the same program. His thoughts on the likelihood of this working and an update from DeSoto County.

8:05 a.m. - Jerry Turner - MS House of Representatives, Dist. 18 (Lee, Prentiss Counties) Chair, House Insurance Cmte.

Topic: Insurance companies are refusing to write roof coverage for roofs over five years old. Legislation that would take care of this issue and whether they are taking care of it during this legislative session.

8:35 a.m. - Patrick Pearson - Mississippi Aquarium’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Topic: They are going to give us the scoop on their Christmas show that is coming to the aquarium. They have a scheduled announcement about this going out at 11 a.m.

7:35 a.m. - Angela Burks Hill – MS Senator, Dist. 40 (Chair, Senate Constitution Cmte. & Vice-Chair, Drug Policy Cmte.)

Topic: The latest from the legislature and this session, key bills that they are still working on, update as conference weekend lies ahead of us, etc.

7:20 a.m. - David Blount – MS Senator, Dist. 29 (Chairman, Senate Gaming Committee & Vice-Chair, Senate Education Committee)

Topic: Update from the Senate and thoughts on the legislative session thus far. His gaming committee and why they did not pass a sports betting bill out of it this year, the conference process that is still going on this week, other key legislation being discussed, when he thinks they will Sine Die, etc.

8:05 a.m. - John Caldwell – Commissioner, MS Northern Dist. Transportation Commission

Topic: Update from Northern Dist. Transportation Commission, funding from the legislative session, etc.

7:05 am - Mike Chaney – Commissioner, MS Insurance Department & State Fire Marshal

Topic: Some issues that homeowners are seeing regarding roof insurance. Some companies are refusing to write roof coverage for roofs over five years old.

8:35 a.m. - Caleb Salers – Multimedia Journalist, SuperTalk MS News

Topic: The week in the news and some of the biggest headlines of the week.

7:20 a.m. - Burl Cain - Commissioner, MS Department of Corrections

Topic: Update from the Department of Corrections, the status of any pending federal action and the DOJ investigation. Bills still alive pertaining to Corrections. His input (if any) into Barnett’s bill on shutting down Parchman. Recidivism rates compared to the national average, the challenge of controlling gang activity and does MDOC handle migrant convictions any differently.

8:35 a.m. - Dixon Williams - SuperTalk MS Sports Director

Topic: Preview of weekend sports, biggest sports news of the week, etc.