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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
July 20, 2022

MDHS finds $4.6 million in misspent funds from FY2022 fiscal year

The department recovered the nearly $5 million in taxpayer dollars over the last year.  Previous investigations done by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) Benefit Recovery Unit uncovered that more than $4.6 million were defrauded or improperly used. The specific amount recovered was $4,618,812.90. This amount represents an increase of approximately $1.3 million over the…
Culture  |  Guest Editorial  • 
July 20, 2022

SALTER: Mississippi farmers are still wary of international impacts on exports, market conditions

By: Sid Salter For both U.S. and Mississippi farmers, China is the primary export market for their crops and current forecasts anticipate record sales – if conditions in the forecast models hold. That’s a big “if.” The most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts from the quarterly “Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade” from the agency’s…