JACKSON
⢠A nonprofit set up to fund Gov. Tate Reevesâ inauguration last year paid nearly $150,000 to a business owned by the governorâs brother and sister-in-law, documents show.
Leigh Reeves served as executive director for the now-dissolved inaugural nonprofit while her company, Snapshot Publishing LLC, was paid for marketing materials, gifts, printing and designs, according to documents filed with the IRS last month.
The filing says Leigh Reeves, who is married to Todd Reeves, did not collect a salary in her director role. In a statement, a spokeswoman for the governor said ânearly allâ of the nonprofitâs payment to Snapshot went directly to materials for the inauguration, and Leigh Reevesâ work planning the events was âlargely voluntary.â
Mississippi Museum of Artâs Center for Art and Public Exchange (CAPE) today announced Shani Peters (b.1981) as its 2021 national artist-in-residence. Starting in early spring 2021, Petersâa multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Harlemâwill embark on a multi-part project,
Collective Care for Black Mothers and Caretakers.
Incorporating aspects of her multi-faceted community-based practice, Petersâ public, project-based, collaborative work considers painful truths and creates opportunities for collective momentum toward learning, wisdom sharing, and community exchange. Her process is informed by her lived experience and in-depth research as she examines the politics of shared society to reveal individual and community approaches to managing the weights on and demands of Black mothers and caretakers.
Jackson keeps on Siemens as part of Mississippi Museum of Art lease agreement By Anthony Warren | December 22, 2020 at 9:38 AM CST - Updated December 22 at 12:37 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A decade-old lease agreement means that the city of Jackson has had to keep on a firm that it previously sued for $450 million in damages related to its water billing system.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Jackson City Council approved extending a contract with Siemens Industry, Inc. to monitor and service the HVAC and security systems at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Council President Aaron Banks was quick to point out that this contract is not related to a contract the city previously had with the firm to upgrade its water billing system.