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Welfare scandal defendant sues Gov. Tate Reeves, claims he’s protecting himself and political allies
A defendant in the state’s welfare scandal lawsuit sued Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday, claiming the governor is illegally controlling the lawsuit to protect himself and political allies including former Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican-leaning SuperTalk radio.
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Brett Favre says the welfare agency didn’t help satisfy his volleyball pledge, but Aaron Rodgers, Jimmy Buffett and others did
Mississippi says officials used welfare money to satisfy NFL legend Brett Favre’s promise to build a volleyball stadium at his alma mater. But Favre says it was money from NFL’s Aaron Rodgers, rock icon Jimmy Buffett’s charity and others that helped pay his debt.
Fitness trainer says former Gov. Bryant directed welfare-funded project, sues for emotional distress
Paul Lacoste is the latest high-profile welfare scandal defendant to say that former Gov. Phil Bryant directed misspending of federal grant funds intended to help poor Mississippians.
News outlets take court action opposing former governor’s effort to shield records
Mississippi Today and two other news outlets have filed a motion opposing former Gov. Phil Bryant’s effort to block the public from viewing emails and text messages that could shed new light on an ongoing investigation involving the misuse of federal welfare dollars.
Wrestler only the second person to be charged federally in Mississippi welfare scandal
Brett DiBiase, a former pro wrestler and son of WWE’s “Million Dollar Man,” pleaded guilty to a new federal charge related to the Mississippi welfare scandal. He’s just the second charged by the feds in the scandal.
Behind First Lady Reeves’ “Fred the Turtle” is a little-known religious welfare initiative slowly receiving public funding
Mississippi’s First Lady Elee Reeves has received much media coverage lately for her children’s book, Fred the Turtle. Behind the scenes, a new nonprofit is using public and private grant funds to print copies of the book.
State leaders still won’t fix scandalous welfare program that serves few poor families
Mississippi was spending more federal grant money to help poor families before the welfare corruption scandal under Gov. Phil Bryant than today under Gov. Tate Reeves. And Reeves and his welfare chief won’t say how, or if, they plan to change that.
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