Posts Tagged ‘open records’

DMR employee’s house searched; pols give back money

by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013

Tags: auditor, campaign donation, foundation, investigate, investigation, investigator, law enforcement, media, misappropriation, newspaper, open records, political campaign, political donation, Politics, search, state agency

BILOXI — Investigators have searched the home of Tina Shumate, coastal management and planning director at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. David Huggins, who heads the Investigative Audit Division of the State Auditor’s Office, tells The Sun Herald a search warrant was served at Shumate’s home Tuesday. Huggins would not release any details about [...] [...]

Commission sides with newspaper in school test-cheating probe

by Associated Press Published: September 13,2012

Tags: achievement, cheat, commission, education, ethics, media, newspaper, open records, probe, public education, school, score, state agency, student, teacher, test

GREENWOOD — The Mississippi Ethics Commission has sided with the Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper and says the state Department of Education should hand over documents from any probe of possible cheating on achievement tests in Leflore County. In a non-binding opinion issued last Friday, the Ethics Commission agreed with the newspaper that such documents are public [...] [...]

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