Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is shown during an interview on Jan. 8, 2020, in his office at the state Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) ...

A news outlet that helped expose a wide-reaching public corruption scandal has filed its legal defense against a defamation lawsuit brought by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant.

Gov. Phil Bryant says he is handing the torch to a younger, new generation.Second-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday defeated fourth-term Attorney General Jim Hood in the hardest-fought ...

Former governor Phil Bryant had sued Mississippi Today for defamation over reports linking him and NFL star Brett Favre to a $77 million welfare fund scandal.

Former Gov. Phil Bryant is accused by a defendant in a Mississippi welfare fraud case of directing $1.1 million to retired NFL star Brett Favre. The allegation came in a civil case, not a criminal ...

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant allegedly ordered payments totaling $1.1 million in welfare money to former NFL star Brett Favre, according to a civil court case document.

Gov. Phil Bryant ponders a response to a question regarding his legacy following a life of public service, while sitting in his Jackson, Miss., Capitol office, on Jan. 8, 2020. The former governor ...

Gov. Phil Bryant gave his fifth State of the State address last week. Bryant is a lame duck, entering his last term as governor. While sitting in the House chamber listening to Bryant’s ...

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant ponders a response to a question regarding his legacy following a life of public service, Jan. 8, 2020, while sitting in his Jackson, Miss., Capitol office.

In mid-2019, Bryant relayed a small tip of suspected fraud brought forward by an employee of Mississippi Department of Human Services to Auditor White, whom Bryant initially appointed to the office.

Gov. Phil Bryant took a nearly three-decade ascent through Mississippi's political ranks. After working as a deputy sheriff and insurance investigator, the Republican in 1991 won a seat in the ...

Phil Bryant and his wife First Lady Deborah Bryant have two adult children, Katie and Patrick, and are active members of St. Marks United Methodist Church Comments ...