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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has been putting some of his biggest donors onto state boards, the gaming commission, worker commissions, and other plum positions.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.When Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the last of his state’s minimal COVID restrictions on April 30, 2021, the 2023 election was far from the thoughts of most of his constituents.But not Reeves.He was fresh off a private flight to a fundraiser where lobbyists were eager to write his politica...