Governor Reeves today announced a series of new appointments at the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). Governor Reeves appointed William “Bill” Cork as Executive Director/Chief Economic Development Officer, PJ Waldrop as Chief Operations Officer, and...
Laura Hipp Mayer has been named Assistant Commissioner for External Relations for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. In this role, Hipp Mayer will provide strategic leadership in government relations and communications on behalf of the Board of Trustees...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today December 14, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed Bill Cork as the new executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, the state’s economic development agency. Cork replaces Laura Hipp Mayer, who served as the agency’s...
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today December 12, 2023 Attorneys interrogated former NFL quarterback Brett Favre about his involvement in the Mississippi welfare scandal for about eight hours Monday. The questions centered on how Favre lobbied welfare officials for...
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is excited to announce a new leadership team in the Office of Communications with the additions of Lauren Hegwood and Greg Flynn. Hegwood will serve as the Communications Director and oversee the overall communications...
By Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney I recently read that more than $308 billion is stolen through insurance fraud every year and that if you stacked up those dollar bills, they would stretch to the moon and back – 16 times. That information came...
