by Associated Press Published: August 15,2012
Tags: auditor, bench, city, city government, courts, executive, garnishment, judge, legal, mayor, misappropriation, municipality, pay, paycheck, salary, state government, tax, taxpayer
SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering from garnishing his paycheck to recover disputed debt. The Commercial Appeal reports the temporary order is part of a counter suit filed by Davis that also seeks to force Southaven to restore a $35,000 stipend the mayor had [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, grant, housing authority, hurricane, infrastructure, investigating, investigation, natural disaster, severe weather, sewer, tropical weather, waste water, Weather
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Federal housing authorities are auditing the use of more than $650 million in grants designated for an ambitious plan for sewage and water systems across south Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press has learned. The money was divided among five south Mississippi counties, with the most, more than [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 20,2012
Tags: appropriations, audit, auditing, auditor, budget, costs, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, supplies
JACKSON — Just like any business or state agency, the Mississippi Legislature needs supplies, staff and equipment to operate. Lawmakers need coffee to jump-start the day. From April 12, 2011 to May 3 of this year, it took $22,056 of coffee and $13,406 of bottled water to wet the whistles of legislators, staff members and [...] [...]
LONG BEACH — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has ordered the former director of the South Mississippi Regional Center in Long Beach repay the state $424,000 for improper payments to employees. The Sun Herald reports the auditor has also turned the case over to the district attorney. Last year, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health and [...] [...]
VICKSBURG — Since City Clerk Paul Rogers retired in June 1999, he has kept working for the city — two years as a consultant, eight as the city’s strategic planner, and from 2009 until March, working part-time on the city’s 2008 audit. Records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show the city paid Rogers [...] [...]
QUITMAN — A representative from the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office has told Clarke County officials there has been no evidence of theft found in accounts for the Clarke County Circuit Clerk’s Office. David Huggins delivered the news to the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, according to WTOK television. While there has been no stealing, Huggins [...] [...]
GULFPORT — A former Hancock Bank auditor is set for trial on a bank fraud charge alleging she converted checks for collections to money orders for personal use and forged her daughter’s name on some of them. The Sun Herald reports 45-year-old Lisa Brooks of Gulfport pleaded not guilty yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Robert Walker. [...] [...]
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