Then-Gov. Phil Bryant boasted of bold plans and picked up awards and accolades even as his early childhood initiative failed to launch. Meanwhile, the welfare agency was misusing federal funds that could have served the families that needed it most.
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today April 14, 2022 As Jennifer Garner spoke about growing up and her family’s narrow escape from poverty in West Virginia, a C-SPAN camera panned over to then-Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. From across the room, Bryant held up his cellphone with both arms, capturing video of the “13 Going on 30” actress on his device. Garner and Bryant were together at a panel on early childhood education at the 2017 National Governors Association meeting in Washington.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.Anna Wolfe, a native of Tacoma, Wa., is an investigative reporter writing about poverty and economic justice. Before joining the staff at Mississippi Today in September of 2018, Anna worked for three years at Clarion Ledger, Mississippi’s statewide daily newspaper.
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