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State postpones long-awaited welfare depositions after attorney’s termination
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,08/03/22-4:12PM , 463 Reads 11,046 Statewide
Mississippi is postponing its interrogation of defendants in the welfare department’s civil suit — an unsurprising development following the abrupt removal of the private attorney on the case and Gov.
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- Gov. Tate Reeves delivers his State of the State Address from the south steps of the State Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Gov. Reeves justifies omitting volleyball stadium from welfare lawsuit, equivocates on legality of expenditure
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,07/29/22-3:12PM , 1,073 Reads 14,024 Statewide
Gov. Tate Reeves explained on Thursday that his office, not the independent attorney hired to take the case, used an “objective process” to select who would face charges in the state’s massive civil lawsuit that attempts to claw back millions in misspent welfare funds.
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- Gov. Phil Bryant speaks to an audience during MEC's Capital Day 2019 at the Jackson Marriott Thursday, January 10, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America
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Former Gov. Phil Bryant subpoenaed for USM volleyball stadium documents
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,07/27/22-3:14PM , 589 Reads 20,389 Statewide
An attorney for key welfare scandal defendants subpoenaed former Gov. Phil Bryant and others following the abrupt firing of Brad Pigott, a decision the defense attorney called “a patent attempt by the state to obfuscate truth and to protect itself and its political allies.”
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Welfare head says surprise subpoena led to attorney’s firing. Emails show it wasn’t a surprise.
By ANNA WOLFE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,07/25/22-9:24AM , 661 Reads 31,579 Statewide
The welfare agency appeared to confirm Brad Pigott’s suspicion that he was terminated because of a high-profile subpoena and his attempts to answer how $5 million in federal funds from an anti-poverty program were converted to build a Southern Miss volleyball stadium.
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