Findings like this may not seem exciting to some, but it's a real example of a simple change MS state government can make in order to save money.

We receive a lot of questions from Mississippians about the work we do at the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor so we made this FAQ chart to answer some of the more frequently asked questions.

Our first nonprofit report detailed how three nonprofits received over $800,000 to test Mississippians for HIV/AIDS. The nonprofits then spent this money on things like midnight Lyft rides in New York City and parties. These findings spurred our office to release a spreadsheet

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Former Park Commission Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor @ShadWhite announced that Megan Berry, former Caledonia Park Commission (CPC) Treasurer, has pleaded guilty to one count of Embezzlement. Berry took public funds that came into

When we began looking into waste in non-profits that receive taxpayer money, we made an alarming discovery: no one in state government could determine the total amount of taxpayer money going to non-profits - or even produce a list of the nonprofits receiving the money. One of

We investigated three non-profits that received government grants from the Department of Health so they could administer HIV-AIDS tests to Mississippians. Over $850,000 was given to these non-profits and we found that over the course of four years, only 35 HIV-AIDS tests were

Auditor's Office Arrests Former Centreville Police Officer JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Special Agents from his office have arrested Patrick Harris, a former Centreville Police Officer, for allegedly embezzling funds from the Town of Centreville

Our office's findings show that nearly half of Mississippi's recent college graduates no longer work in the state shortly after receiving their undergraduate degree. Mississippi's "brain drain" problem has become a significant burden on state taxpayers and is a threat to our

🚨 Alarming but true: No one in Mississippi state government could say how much taxpayer money was going to nonprofits, or even which nonprofits were getting it. So OSA Shad White took action. Now there's a full public database. 🔎 Transparency wins.

Mississippi still spends a larger percentage of our education budget on administration than any other state in the South despite also having some of the lowest paid teachers. Even worse, K-12 administrative spending increased from 2006 to 2021 while the number of teachers and

Classroom Funding Needs to be Released Earlier According to New Auditor Report JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi’s Education Enhancement Fund (EEF) procurement card program for public K-12 classrooms provides teachers with money for classroom supplies, but those cards are sometimes

If Mississippi makes the simple change of activating EEF cards just a few weeks earlier then we could ensure that every teacher in the state has full access to their classroom supply funds and can have the classroom ready for students on day one.

Mississippi needs to make sure that we get our teachers their classroom supply funds BEFORE the school year begins. Analysts in our office found that 75% of school districts start school before August 1st, the day that their EEF procurement cards get activated. If the cards

Former Stone County Road Department Employee Pleads Guilty JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor @ShadWhite announced that Tyler Loper, former Stone County Road Department Employee, has pleaded guilty to one count of Embezzlement. Loper took various types of scrap metal which

The below figure shows just how many teachers and students in Mississippi are beginning school before August 1st, the day that teachers get their classroom supply funds activated. If we start activating these supply fund cards just a few weeks earlier then these 24,000 teachers

Our idea is really simple: give teachers their classroom supply funds BEFORE school starts back each year. This is common sense and an easy fix. Let's support our teachers and get it done.

Auditor Recovers Over $900,000 for Taxpayers in FY25, Responds to Questions Regarding Attorney General JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor @ShadWhite announced in an annual Audit Exceptions Report that his office recovered $905,225.71 in taxpayer funds and returned them to the

Auditor's Office Arrests Former Jasper County Employee JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor @ShadWhite announced that Special Agents from his office have arrested Lacorsha Ellis, a former Jasper County Solid Waste Department employee, for allegedly embezzling funds from the