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Oct 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
KRDOApr 20 2023
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Former wrestler charged in Mississippi welfare fraud case
JACKSON, Miss. — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S., according to a new federal indictment. The indictment of former wrestler Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., 40, of Madison, Mississippi, was unsealed Thursday, two days after it was
Washington PostApr 20 2023
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Former Wrestler Charged in Mississippi Welfare Fraud Case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S., according to a new federal indictment. The indictment of former wrestler Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., 40, of Madison, Mississippi, was unsealed Thursday, two days after it
U.S. News & World ReportDec 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 StarNov 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 2May 12 2024
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NYC subway slasher apprehended after alleged assault on 11-year-old girl
A lunatic reportedly armed with a box cutter is accused of slashing an 11-year-old girl in the head in a violent spree near a New York City subway station. The NYPD arrested Shaquan Cummings, 30, on Friday afternoon and charged him with assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Cummings is accused of attacking the girl moments after
Fox News (Online News)Mar 16 2023
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Nonprofit head pleads guilty in Mississippi welfare fraud
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The director of a Mississippi nonprofit organization pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S., court documents show. Christi Webb, director of the north Mississippi-based Family Resource Center, appeared before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves in Jackson. Court
SFGATEMay 12 2024
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Awareness to Action: Practical Steps for Abuse Prevention
I recently watched “Quiet on Set,” a docuseries about alleged abuse at Nickelodeon. I spent many hours watching some of those memorable Nickelodeon shows with my children, never imagining that one day I would read these behind-the-scenes stories of abuse. These revelations have unquestionably left a stain on those treasured memories of laughter and fun spent with my children as we watched
Yahoo NewsJan 01 2022
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The Cruel Failure of Welfare Reform in the Southwest
As the 1960s came to their tumultuous end, California Gov. Ronald Reagan convened a summit on the topic of welfare. He was hoping to try out one of his new ideas: that poor single mothers were, in the wake of the civil rights movement, increasingly living idly and defrauding government assistance programs.
George Miller, then the welfare director in neighboring Nevada, volunteered to do
ProPublicaMay 11 2024
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Glen Davis’s Big Baby act has been over for a long time. He’s the only one who doesn’t realize it.
Davis was always a jokester, a player who never took anything too seriously, even his own conditioning, and it led to a premature end to what was once a promising career. The former Celtic took to social media this past week after he was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan , joking that prison will be
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