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Oct 04 2023
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Brett Favre set to testify in welfare fraud scheme on October 26
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre will be questioned under oath on October 26 in the Mississippi welfare fraud civil lawsuit, according to a court filing by the Mississippi Department of Human Services on Monday. The notice states that Favre’s deposition will begin at 9 am on Thursday, October 26 at Hotel Indigo in Hattiesburg and will continue “day to day until completed.” In August, the
WTMJ 4 MilwaukeeOct 03 2023
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Brett Favre To Give Sworn Testimony In Mississippi Welfare Case This Month
After having his appeal for removal denied by the Mississippi Supreme Court, Brett Favre is set to go under oath and give his first sworn testimony on his alleged role in the Mississippi welfare fraud case. Per a Mississippi court filing on Monday, Favre is set to give his testimony on Oct. 26. In the civil case brought by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS), the Hall of Fame
The MessengerNov 15 2023
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Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen to retire, Dean Cameron named interim director
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Governor Brad Little announced Wednesday changes in the leadership of Idaho’s largest state agency, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW). Dave Jeppesen will retire at the end of 2023 after five years as DHW director, and Governor Little selected Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron to serve as interim director. “Dave Jeppesen promised me two to
KIFI News 8Aug 11 2023
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Mississippi Won’t Dismiss Favre From Welfare Scheme Lawsuit
Mississippi’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that former NFL star Brett Favre won’t be removed from a civil lawsuit aiming to recover millions of dollars in allegedly misspent welfare cash. Lawyers for the Hall of Fame quarterback, who has not been criminally charged, had argued that “utterly meritless” legal arguments had been made to bring Favre into the civil case, but a panel of three
Daily BeastDec 22 2023
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'I don't believe in welfare' — Nebraska Gov. Pillen maintains he won't seek federal grocery aid
The program would provide about $18 million in benefits to be distributed to about 150,000 low-income children in Nebraska who experience food insecurity in the summer months. The state, which has until Jan. 1 to apply for the aid, would have to foot about $300,000 annually in administrative costs. But Pillen, the first-year Republican governor who leads the executive branch, indicated he is
Lincoln Journal StarOct 08 2023
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Police: 2 people found dead during welfare check at New Milford residence
Police: 2 people found dead during welfare check at New Milford residence
Police officers conducting a welfare check at a residence in New Milford Saturday discovered two people dead.
Authorities say the officers found the bodies of a man and a woman at the residence on Myrtle Avenue after 4 p.m.
Police say an investigation is underway. The names of the two will not be
News 12 New JerseyApr 19 2024
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Two Belfast people facing endangerment, animal cruelty charges
Police said welfare checks revealed "unsafe conditions" for a senior living at the home, as well as animals left in "deplorable conditions." Belfast police on April 10 responded with Maine Adult Protective Services to a home on Belmont Avenue to conduct a welfare check on a senior adult living there, the police department said Friday in a release. The welfare check reportedly revealed "unsafe
News Center MaineOct 04 2023
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Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi, where public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to fund pet projects he and other well-connected people supported. A notice of deposition filed Monday in
KRDONov 15 2023
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Idaho Health and Welfare director Dave Jeppesen to retire: Dean Cameron steps in as interim director
Governor Little announces that Dave Jeppesen, the Director of Idaho Health and Welfare is retiring at the end of this year. Jeppesen has served as the Director of IDHW for five years. Governor Little has appointed Dean Cameron, the Idaho Department of Insurance Director, as interim director of IDHW. Governor Little praises Jeppesen's time as director, saying "Dave Jeppesen promised me two to
KBOI 2Apr 24 2023
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Favre Remains in Mississippi Welfare Lawsuit, Judge Rules
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the United States, a Mississippi judge ruled Monday. Circuit Judge Faye Peterson wrote that Favre's attorneys made “unpersuasive and inapplicable” arguments in seeking
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