Lt. Gov. Delbert Hoseman said he plans to reread former U.S. Senator Trent Lott’s book Herding Cats now that their legislative work is done. “Perhaps the Speaker should read it, too,” he said.

At the end of regular legislative session in April, Governor Tate Reeves (R) said lawmakers needed “to go to their corners, get some water and towel off” before he called a special session to finish the state budget, a nod to the tension between the two chambers.

When the special session gaveled in Wednesday of this week, the nearly two-month cooling off period was not long enough, as shortly into the session, division between the chambers was evident and tempers flared.

With a budget on the governor’s desk, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) partially joked Friday at his end of session press confe

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