[ad_1] NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre hosted Mississippi officials at his home in January 2019, where an executive for a pharmaceutical company Favre invested in solicited nearly $2 million in state welfare funds, according to pitch materials obtained by CBS News. A document distributed at the January 2, 2019 meeting describes plans to secure … Read more
[ad_1] Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals that are raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California? The US Supreme Court will confront that question when it hears oral argument in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross on Oct. 11, 2022. Pork … Read more
[ad_1] Representational image (VK/MMCL Bengaluru) Disaster risk reduction is a classic case of a business idea leading to social change. Risk analysis was pioneered by business analysts seeking to quantify the risk of natural hazard events for the financial and insurance sectors. Since then, we have made good use of this discipline to build the … Read more
[ad_1] Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre has hired Donald Trump’s former attorney as he continues to fight against allegations of his involvement in a $77 million Mississippi welfare fraud scandal. Favre has signed up Eric Herschmann, the lawyer who represented Trump during his first impeachment trial and was known to be the … Read more
[ad_1] Mississippi’s largest public corruption case, in which tens of millions of dollars earmarked for needy families was misspent, involves a number of sports figures with ties to the state — including NFL royalty Brett Favre and a famous former pro wrestler. At the center, though, is the former head of the state’s Department of … Read more
[ad_1] Next week, the US supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case that could put climate, public health and animal welfare regulations across the country on the chopping block – from California’s ban on gas-powered cars by 2035 to state bans on food packaging that contains BPA or lead. The case will consider … Read more
[ad_1] Next week, the US supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case that could put climate, public health and animal welfare regulations across the country on the chopping block – from California’s ban on gas-powered cars by 2035 to state bans on food packaging that contains BPA or lead. The case will consider … Read more
[ad_1] If you spend an afternoon in Fincastle, walking along its hilly downtown streets past the county courthouses, chances are you’ll spot a prosecutor and her poodle. Gillian Deegan moved to Botetourt County in 2004 to take a job as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney. She’s called the county home since, and she’s made no plans … Read more
[ad_1] 9:33 AM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Marcus Dupree, who rose to fame in Mississippi and beyond after a brief but impressive football career that became the subject of an … Read more
[ad_1] American soccer legend Abby Wambach told ESPN that she intends to fully divest herself from a concussion drug company that is backed by Brett Favre and is at the center of a Mississippi welfare fraud case. Wambach, a World Cup winner and two-time gold medalist who is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, … Read more