Brett Favre still hasn t repaid Mississippi welfare fund $600K of promised $1.1M Zac Al-Khateeb
Brett Favre has yet to repay $600,000 of a promised $1.1 million dollars in welfare money to the state of Mississippi, over a year after he promised to pay it back in full.
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Favre s company, Favre Agencies, was found to have been paid $1.1 million as part of a $94 million state embezzlement scandal from the 2019 fiscal year. An audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, released in May 2020, found he was paid the amount for appearances at three events, including a radio show and keynote address. It determined that not only was Favre paid an inordinate amount of money for those appearances, but also that he didn t actually attend those events.
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A year after promising to pay back $1.1 million in welfare money he received, Brett Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 of that money and he s not under a formal agreement to do so.
Favre voluntarily repaid the state of Mississippi $500,000 in May 2020 after the state auditor s office found that a nonprofit paid the retired NFL quarterback welfare money for speeches he never gave.
Logan Reeves, spokesperson for the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, said no one in the office has spoken to Favre since he made his promise and paid the $500,000. There is no update to provide, Reeves said. He made the commitment which was in our press release a year ago today. He made the commitment to continue repaying the remainder of the $1.1 million after he made the $500,000 remittance.
May SNAP benefits can be replaced if destroyed by storms, MDSH says (Source: CNN) By WLBT Digital and Maggie Wade | May 7, 2021 at 10:47 AM CDT - Updated May 7 at 10:57 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and your food was destroyed during this week’s storms, you can apply for replacement benefits.
Mississippi Department of Human Services says they will replace any benefits destroyed due to a disaster, such as a flood, fire, or severe weather.
You must report the disaster to your local MDHS office within ten days of the date of the disaster.
In a plan approved by the United States Department of Education (DOE), Mississippi became the fourth state in the nation to allow students without a high school diploma to potentially
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