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Former education head, contractors accused of fudging bids

by Associated Press/ Report for America
| September 4, 2020 12:03 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former top official at the Mississippi Department of Education and three contractors who worked with the agency are being accused by the federal government of stealing thousands of dollars from the state of Mississippi by manipulating the bidding process for contracts and inflating costs.

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