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Plantation Garden Club
Thu,04/21/22-9:10AM , 1,500 Reads
Wednesday, April 13, was a day of joyful surprises as we gathered amid threatening skies at Judith Mitchener’s home on Cassidy Bayou.
Our hostess, so well known throughout our region as the lady with the gardening answers, treated us to a delightful afternoon of stories she had to learn the hard way.
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Governor Phil Bryant after delivering the State of the State address in the House of Representatives Chamber of the Mississippi State Capitol Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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New welfare scandal revelations evoke stories of past misspending
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Wed,04/20/22-2:28PM , 3,327 Reads 39,611 Statewide
Editor’s note: This story was first published by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting as a follow-up to Mississippi Today’s “The Backchannel” investigation, which examined former Gov.
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In this photo from October of 2020, Jared South, now 30, sits under a bridge in Tupelo where he used to sleep when he was homeless throughout his twenties. Credit: Photo Illustration by Zack Orsborn

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What it’s like to navigate Mississippi’s welfare programs without political connections
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today
Tue,04/19/22-4:38PM , 1,438 Reads 20,734 Statewide
Two poor Mississippi men in their twenties needed a hand up. One was related to the governor, the other wasn’t. The relative got specialized treatment from state welfare officials. The other was cut off from the program.

Jared South was a model client of Mississippi’s welfare agency.
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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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Phil Bryant discusses his nephew, favored welfare vendors, failures and successes
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today
Tue,04/19/22-12:38PM , 2,264 Reads 34,566 Statewide
Before publishing its investigative series “The Backchannel,” which reveals Phil Bryant’s entanglement with Mississippi’s welfare scandal, Mississippi Today sat down with the former governor to discuss his leadership in the state’s safety net programs.
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