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Former NFL football quarterback Brett Favre speaks with reporters prior to his induction to the Mississippi Hall of Fame in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 1, 2015. Favre is asking to be removed from a civil lawsuit in Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Favre asks to be dismissed from Mississippi welfare lawsuit
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,11/28/22-6:09PM , 340 Reads
JACKSON, Miss.
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A visitor information sign dots the entrance to the Hinds County Detention Facility in Raymond, Miss., on Aug. 1, 2022. On Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves selected Wendell M. France Sr., a public safety consultant, former correctional administrator and 27-year member of the Baltimore Police Department, to serve as the receiver to temporarily manage the jail and improve conditions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi county balks at oversight for troubled jail
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Wed,11/16/22-2:29PM , 229 Reads
JACKSON, Miss.
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A stolen airplane rests in a field of soybeans after crash-landing near Ripley, Miss., on Sept. 3, 2022. Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, an airport worker who flew a stolen plane erratically over north Mississippi and threatened to crash into a Walmart in September, has died Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in a federal prison in Miami, where he was being held while awaiting trial. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman, File)

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Man who threatened plane crash into Walmart dies in prison
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Wed,11/16/22-1:46PM , 333 Reads
JACKSON, Miss.
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EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, right, addresses a roundtable of Jackson-area businesspeople, community leaders, residents and educators, about the efforts underway to deliver a sustainable water system for residents as Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, listens, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at Jackson State University, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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EPA leader listens to water concerns in Mississippi capital
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Tue,11/15/22-7:35PM , 430 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Tuesday that the agency is still working on a plan to bring long-term improvements to the water system in Mississippi’s capital city, which came perilously close to collapsing more than two months ago.
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