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Though officials have not accused him of a crime, Brett Favre said he would refund the welfare money and made an initial payment of $500,000.

Brett Favre hasn’t returned welfare funds as promised a year ago

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 5,811 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 03:53 PM

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre has not repaid $600,000 he received in Mississippi welfare money after promising one year ago that he would.

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Centene has been filling the campaign coffers of Mississippi officials for years and is one of Gov. Tate Reeves' largest donors.

Medicaid agency poised to extend contract with Centene, embattled insurer and big campaign donor

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 551 Reads
Tue, 05/04/2021 - 10:41 AM

Mississippi’s contract with Centene, an insurance company state officials are currently investigating over suspicions it overcharges taxpayers to boost its profits, is set to expire at the end of June, providing an opportunity for the state to end business with the company.

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New Summit School operators allegedly fleeced the Mississippi Department of Education out of more than $2 million from 2017 to 2020 using a program that serves hospitalized children. They had been charging the program for over a decade.

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 1,784 Reads
Thu, 04/08/2021 - 02:03 PM

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Parents of special needs students worry about New Summit School’s future after owner’s arrest

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 618 Reads
Wed, 04/07/2021 - 04:49 PM

Educators assessed Mary Harbin Hinds, who has a rare chromosome disorder resulting in academic delays, as a nonreader when she entered New Summit School in third grade.

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Struggling renters in Mississippi can now apply for assistance

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 5,657 Reads
Mon, 03/29/2021 - 02:27 PM

Mississippi is now accepting applications to help struggling renters, three months after then-President Donald Trump signed a massive COVID-19 stimulus bill, including $25 billion for rental assistance.

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‘A profound betrayal of trust’: Why Jackson’s water system is broken

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 933 Reads
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 09:49 AM

How a shrinking city, aging infrastructure and racism left thousands of Jacksonians without water for weeks.

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Feds accuse New Summit private school leaders of bilking $2 million in Mississippi public school dollars

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 988 Reads
Thu, 03/18/2021 - 02:53 PM

When agents arrested Nancy New and her son Zach New in 2020 on charges they allegedly stole $4 million in Mississippi welfare dollars, onlookers speculated how the popular private schools they ran, New Summit, may be implicated.

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‘All of this is mine’: In Mississippi, landlords legally snatch all belongings from tenants during an eviction

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 1,280 Reads
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 02:43 PM

On a rainy morning in early 2019, two men entered Samantha Conner’s apartment while she lay in bed.

Chateaux Holly Hills Apartments property manager Kevin Casteel and Lowndes County Constable Sonny Sanders were armed with a county-issued gun, a removal warrant and a ruthless interpretation of Mississippi’s eviction law.

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Tunica housing director allegedly stole $765K while turning away needy homeowners

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 7,273 Reads
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 04:57 PM

Mardis Jones, a government contractor, had just secured a sweet deal with the Tunica County Board of Supervisors to run the county’s one-of-a-kind housing rehabilitation program when he got the call from Linda Fay Engle-Harris in late 2014.

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Tunica housing director allegedly stole $750K while turning away needy homeowners

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 1,025 Reads
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:48 AM

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May 12, 2021