A | JACKSON, Miss. -- One of the people being sued by the Mississippi Department of Human Services over allegations of misspending welfare money has filed a separate lawsuit against Gov. Tate Reeves, saying the Republican is trying to protect political allies including a former governor.Austin Garrett Smith filed the suit Wednesday and described himself in court papers as “politically powerless.” Smith's suit says Reeves should sue Republican former Gov. Phil Bryant, who was in office when prosecutors say money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. was instead spent on projects pushed by wealthy and well connected people.“Reeves has actively shifted the focus of the MDHS lawsuit away from Bryant, despite overwhelming evidence of Bryant's involvement,” Smith's attorney, Jim Waide, wrote.Reeves press secretary Shelby Wilcher said in response to questions about Smith's lawsuit: “The State of Mississippi is fighting to claw back every single dollar that was misspent in the scandal that occurred before Governor Reeves assumed this office.”The Department of Human Services filed a lawsuit in 2022 against more than two dozen businesses or people, including Smith and retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. The ongoing suit seeks to recover more than $20 million of the roughly $77 million in welfare money that the state auditor said had been misspent between 2016 and 2019, during Bryant's second term as governor.Auditor Shad White said the misspending included $5 million for one of Favre's pet projects, a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi. Smith is a nephew of former Mississippi Department of Human Services executive director John Davis.The state's lawsuit says Smith received more than $426,000 of money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from 2017 to 2019 for purposes not allowed by the program. It says Smith was paid from “under the guise” of providing services for two nonprofit groups whose leaders had close ties to Davis and Bryant.Smith's lawsuit says that several defendants in the state's lawsuit, including Smith, have “little or no” property they could use to pay any judgment against them.Smith's lawsuit also says Reeves has improperly hired private attorneys to represent the Department of Human Services when that legal work should be done by the state attorney general's office.“Reeves has controlled the MDHS suit in order to advance his own political interests and protect his political allies,” Waide wrote.Reeves is seeking a second term in the Nov. 7 election. The Democratic nominee for governor, Brandon Presley, said Reeves is tainted by the welfare misspending that occurred when Reeves was lieutenant governor and had power to oversee how the Department of Human Services was operating. Presley noted that Reeves had received campaign contributions from central figures in the scandal and that the governor's brother, Todd Reeves, had sent text message to the state auditor asking White to praise Favre.“Tate Reeves is too ethically compromised to lead this investigation,” Presley said Wednesday.Reeves campaign spokesperson Clifton Carroll said in a statement: “It's no surprise that some of the defendants who are being sued by the Reeves administration are unhappy because he is aggressively pursuing this case.”。
B | 8月15日，东北地区城市足球联赛鸡西队主场对战哈尔滨队的焦点赛事在鸡西市体育运动中心火热开赛。伴随绿茵场上的热血角逐，由龙江体彩主办的“迈开步 动出彩”品牌公益活动同步亮相，以本土顶级群众足球赛事为纽带，将运动乐趣、公益科普与品牌温度融入观赛全程，在全城汇聚的体育热潮中，生动诠释国家公益彩票的责任与担当。活动现场，龙江体彩活动区集互动体验、公益展示、休闲打卡于一体，成为赛场之外极具人气的“第二主场”。紧扣足球赛事特色设置的“运球绕障”“跃动出彩”两大互动游戏，精准契合观赛群体的运动喜好，吸引了不同年龄段的球迷与市民踊跃参与。从带球穿梭路障的技巧挑战，到立定跳远的爆发力比拼，大家在轻松趣味的竞技中感受运动魅力，通过填写调查问卷、完成游戏挑战、发布社交平台打卡收集印章，即可参与抽奖，赢取乐小星定制文创周边及各种类型体育彩票。欢声笑语间，龙江体彩的品牌形象跳出纸面，变得鲜活可触。相较于趣味互动带来的热闹氛围，公益展示板块则传递着更厚重的价值。现场陈列的内容没有繁复的概念，只用平实的事实，向市民讲述体育彩票公益金的去向：从社区里随处可见的健身路径，到校园中标准的足球场地，从各类群众体育赛事的举办，到青少年体育人才的培养，一笔笔公益投入，始终围绕着普通人的体育生活展开。不少驻足观看的球迷表示，以往只知道体育彩票有开奖，今天才真切了解到，自己身边的球场、健身设施，都有体彩公益金的支持，每一张小小的彩票，都在为全民健身事业添砖加瓦。
C | 草根足球的生命力，源于群众的热爱；公益事业的生命力，源于点滴的汇聚。东北超联赛作为三省一区联合打造的群众足球顶级赛事，其全民参与、扎根民间的特质，与体育彩票“来之于民 用之于民”的发行宗旨天然契合。
D | 多年来，龙江体彩始终以公益为底色，持续将体彩公益金投入全省全民健身场地建设、青少年足球推广、群众赛事扶持等领域，默默支撑着本土体育事业的发展。
E | 此次落地鸡西主场开展公益展示活动，既是体彩助力群众足球发展的具象实践，也是一次面向公众的公益科普——让每一位到场市民在观赛、互动的过程中，读懂体育彩票背后的民生温度，感知国家公益彩票的社会价值。赛事终场哨响，但公益的脚步永不停歇。龙江体彩将始终坚守“公益体彩 乐善人生”的品牌理念，持续扎根群众体育一线，以更多贴近市民的活动形式传递公益初心，让体彩公益的力量融入更多体育场景，照亮更多人的运动生活，为黑龙江省体育事业与民生公益事业高质量发展持续贡献力量。
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