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  • FILE – Former NFL football quarterback Brett Favre speaks with reporters prior to his induction to the Mississippi Hall of Fame in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 1, 2015. Favre is asking to be removed from a civil lawsuit in Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)Finance

    Brett Favre pushes to be removed from $20 million Mississippi welfare corruption lawsuit

    By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
  • Brett FavrePolitics

    Deep-red Mississippi’s largest-ever public corruption case unveils texts from Brett Favre to governor: ‘I need your influence somehow’

    By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
  • Tate ReevesPolitics

    Airplane circles northern Mississippi for hours threatening to crash, before landing safely

    By Emily Wagster Pettus and The Associated Press
  • Mississippi water woesEnvironment

    Residents in Jackson, Mississippi are seeing an increase in water pressure after a flood exacerbated the city’s already-damaged water system

    By Michael Goldberg, Emily Wagster Pettus, and others