Phil Bryant

Noah McRae was the kind of kid who, if you said the sky is blue, would argue it is red until he was ready to fight....

When Save the Children came on the welfare scene, the state was denying more than 98% of poor families applying for the cash benefit while investigators say officials were misspending and embezzling millions from the program. On Bryant's watch, more t...

The tidal wave of alleged misspending identified by auditors at the Mississippi Department of Human Services was not confined to the headline-grabbing payments for publicity events with famous athletes, inspirational talks from a former pro-wrestler and c...

(Story from Mississippi Today) Whether the governor wanted grant funds directed to his favored vendors, a partner to proselytize for his faith-based initiatives, or for someone to keep track of his wayward distant relative, Bryant's welfare director J...

Investigative reporter C.J. LeMaster interviews Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about her recent investigation regarding former Governor Phil Bryant's involvement in the welfare fraud scandal....

Story originally published in Mississippi Today....