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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 22, 2021

State Audit report shows overwhelmed unemployment agency, other issues

Auditor White Releases Yearly Audit of State Agencies Over $117 million in improper unemployment payments were made by Mississippi’s Department of Employment Security (MDES) last year and during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding and several others – including new fraud-related findings at the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) when it…
News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
June 22, 2021

What to Expect When Mississippi Schools Return in the Fall

K-12 schools planning for full in-person instruction for the 2021-2022 school year.  Schools in Mississippi were closed to in-person instruction on March 2020, and remained closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year. All counties in the state were allowed to start reopening schools by August 2020. “This has been a very resilient year…