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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
August 30, 2023

Six Mississippi House seats were on the ballot in Tuesday’s Runoff Election. See who won.

Nelson, Gibbs, Butler-Washington, and Grady will all be new faces in the Mississippi House come January. Burch moves on to the General Election while Bain hopes there are enough affidavits to save his re-election bid.
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
August 29, 2023

Presley attempts to link Reeves, Southern Miss donors to non-renewal of MDHS contract attorney in welfare lawsuit

MDHS did not renew the contract of outside attorney Brad Pigott in 2022, choosing instead to engage a larger law firm to pursue litigation related to the TANF scandal. Democratic gubernational candidate Brandon Presley alleges that led to incumbent Governor Tate Reeves seeing a boost in campaign donations from USM donors. Reeves calls the claim "mental gymnastics."