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Brett Favre is asking an appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit against Shannon Sharpe

Associated Press
Mississippi
July 9, 2024

Sharpe said during a September 2022 broadcast that Favre was ‘taking from the underserved,’ that he ‘stole money from people that really needed that money’ and that someone would have to be a sorry person ‘to steal from the lowest of the low.’

Downticket Mississippi candidates discuss state’s economy ahead of Election Day

Associated Press
Mississippi
October 27, 2023

The state’s recent welfare scandal played heavily in conversation.

Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case

Associated Press
Mississippi
October 4, 2023

Mississippi has ranked among the poorest states in the U.S. for decades, but only a fraction of its federal welfare money has been going toward direct aid to families.