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Mississippi ex-governor knew of Favre welfare money

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was “on board” with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text messages between Favre and the director of the nonprofit in court documents filed Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Supreme Court sets oral arguments for Dec. 1 in Mississippi’s …

This Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court's decision this past week not to interfere with the state's strict abortion law, provoked outrage from liberals and cheers from many conservatives. President Joe Biden assailed it. But the decision also astonished many that Texas could essentially outmaneuver Supreme Court precedent on women's constitutional right to abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

3 U.S. senators test positive for coronavirus in ‘breakthrough’ …

In this Thursday, May 27, 2021 file photo, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., arrives as senators go to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi says installing massive pumps to drain water from the south Mississippi Delta would be a way to fight environmental injustice. He says the project would help low-income and minority residents whose lives are disrupted by flooding. Wicker made his statements to a Senate subcommittee Thursday, July 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mississippi latest state to end pay boost for unemployment, …

A forklift driver moves a pallet of cardboard boxes at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company in Jackson, Miss., says Friday, May 28, 2021. Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at the company, says that she has seen a lot of people abusing the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed. She also cited the pool of needed certified and experienced forklift drivers and other positions are limited because of the said abuse. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

State GOP lawmakers across U.S. advancing measures to …

In this April 26, 2021, file photo, a student holding a U.S. flag upside down stands atop the steps at the Idaho Capitol building in Boise. The Idaho Senate has approved legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from "indoctrinating" students through teaching critical race theory, which examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture and the law. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

Questions rise overBlack man’s death in Mississippi: Lynching …

Tammie Townsend holds a collage of photographs of her eldest son, Willie Jones Jr., 21, with family members, as she speaks about the incident where he was found hanging from a tree in his girlfriend's Scott County yard three years ago, April 27, 2021 at his grandmother's home in Forest, Miss. The collage are in the form of a "D," which played off his nickname, "Duke." A Hinds County judge recently awarded the family $11 million in a civil suit related to his death. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Multiple tornadoes destroy homes, uproot trees across …

Vickie Savell looks through her belongings amid the remains of her new mobile home early Monday, May 3, 2021, in Yazoo County, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

2 homicide victims found buried in Mojave Desert …

Fire-ravaged desert plants like the Joshua Tree (C) line a scorched landscape from the Bobcat Fire in the Mojave Desert community of Juniper Hills, Calif. on Sept. 19, 2020. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

High court moves away from leniency for minors who …

In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Over 2,000 Confederate symbols remain in U.S. public …

In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, the Texas State Capitol Confederate Monument stands on the south lawn in Austin, Texas. As a racial justice reckoning continues to inform conversations across the country, lawmakers nationwide are struggling to find solutions to thousands of icons saluting controversial historical figures. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender …

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signs the first state bill in the U.S. this year to ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams, as supporting lawmakers gather behind him, Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease …

Ro Hart, an assistant general manager and hostess at Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco stands in front of a totally empty indoors seating area during the lunch hour on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Mike Liedtke)

Alabama governor extends mask order as other GOP-led …

A Supporter of Republican party wears a facemask as he attends a meeting of the local Republican party at Winston County courthouse in Double Springs, Alabama on Oct. 12, 2020. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)