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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 21, 2018

Wicker, Hyde-Smith Introduce Bill to Designate Medgar Evers Home as a National Monument

Miss. Senators Move to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today introduced legislation to designate the Medgar Evers Home in Jackson as a national monument within the National Park System. “I have worked with my colleagues in the Mississippi congressional delegation…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 21, 2018

State Auditor Stacey Pickering Issues $500k Demand for Misspent Drug Forfeiture Funds in Pelahatchie

Today, special agents from the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor (OSA) delivered civil demands to several current and former officials in the Town of Pelahatchie. Drug seizure funds, which are required to be used for law enforcement purposes, were misspent by the Town. Two demands were issued for a total $502,363.07, which includes interest…