State Auditor Releases CARES Act Audit Plan
JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor
Shad White has released his plan to audit over $1.25 billion sent to
Mississippi as part of the CARES Act, the...
State Auditor Releases Annual Exceptions Report
Money returned to taxpayers increased by over 350%JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor
Shad White’s office returned over $5.6 million to taxpayers last fiscal year.
According to...
Auditor’s Office Arrests Three in Jones County
JACKSON, Miss.
– Today Auditor Shad White
announced Special Agents from his office arrested Jones County District 5 Road
Foreman Roland Graham and Larry Barnes. Graham was...
Auditor’s Office Returns $150,000, Cases Lead to Four Convictions in June
JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor Shad
White announced the Auditor’s office concluded four cases with guilty verdicts for
embezzlement and returned nearly $150,000 to taxpayers last...
Charles Woods is New Chief of Staff at Auditor’s Office
JACKSON, Miss. – Shad White
announced today Charles Woods has been appointed as his Chief of Staff at the
Mississippi Office of the State Auditor.“I
look...
Audit Shows Office of Dropout Prevention was Defunct, Changed How Graduation...
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi
Department of Education (MDE) failed to maintain an Office of Dropout
Prevention (ODP) for the last 10 years as required by...
Report Shows Education Pay Raises Prioritized Administrative Staff
JACKSON, Miss. – Classroom
teachers in Mississippi were given smaller dollar-amount pay raises, on
average, than superintendents, deputy superintendents, and assistant principals
from FY 2013 to 2016...
Former District Attorney’s Office Investigator is Guilty of Embezzlement
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor
Shad White announced Joe Edney has been convicted of embezzlement in Judge
Charles E. Webster’s court chambers in Tunica County....
Favre Repays TANF Funds
JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor
Shad White has released the following statement:“Today
my office has received $500,000 from Brett Favre in repayment for TANF money he
was...
Audit of DHS Reveals Millions Wasted
Auditor’s Office Questions Over $90 Million in Spending of Welfare Grants and Other FundsJACKSON – Millions of
dollars of grants from the Mississippi Department of...
