Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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Recent News About Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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AG Fitch Urges Support for Legislation to AssistSexual Assault Survivors
Attorney General Lynn Fitch urged the Mississippi Legislature to pass SB 2211, a bill that would bring Mississippi’s Sexual Assault Victims Bill of Rights into compliance with federal law, resulting in an increase in annual federal funding for victim service programs by as much as 10 percent. -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed thereview of three incidents involving officer-involved shootings. -
AG Fitch Announces Recent Sentencing in COVIDStimulus Fraud Case
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the recent sentencing of Ethel Cain of Mound Bayou, Mississippi on two countsof false statements and representations and one count of wire fraud. -
AG Fitch Calls for Action Against CounterfeitWeight Loss Drug Makers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined abipartisan 37-state coalition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumerswith counterfeit forms of the weight loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro,Zepbound, Ozempic, and Wegovy (GLP-1 drugs)." -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed thereview of four incidents involving officer-involved shootings: a February 3,2023, incident in Okolona involving one investigator and four deputies withthe Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office; an August 30, 2023, incident inbSouthaven involving one deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office; aSeptember 3, 2023, incident in Grenada involving one Master Sergeant with the Mississippi Highway Patrol; and a March 10, 2024, incident in Perkinstoninvolving one deputy with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office. -
AG Fitch Announces Settlement in Medicaid Fraud Case
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that Mississippi has joined 37 other States and Puerto Rico in settling kick back allegations against Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd., asubsidiary wholly owned by pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. -
AG Fitch Welcomes Seventh MS College as One PillCan Kill Partner
Attorney General Lynn Fitch welcomed Northwest Mississippi Community College as the latest partner to join One Pill Can Kill, her public awareness campaign to educate, support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers of fentanyl, how to identify it,and what to do if a student or friend is overdosing. -
Fitch Announces Nearly $3.9 Million Awarded toOrganizations Helping Human Trafficking Victims
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced distribution of nearly $3.9 million from the Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund to thirteen organizations that helphuman trafficking victims become survivors. -
Statement on Officer-Involved Shootings
Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed the review of four incidents involving officer-involved shootings. -
AG Fitch Unveils Legislative Agenda for 2025 Session
Attorney General Lynn Fitch shared her five-part agenda for the 2025 Legislative Session, which includes bills to empower Mississippi families, secure our communities, advance election integrity,safeguard children’s health, and protect public funds. -
AG Fitch Delivers Testimony at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered the following testimony during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Judiciary and Public Safety hearing where she discussed the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Attorney General’s Office -
AG Fitch Delivers Emergency Overdose Boxes AcrossJackson Metro Area
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered Emergency Overdose Boxes to partners across the Jackson Metro area as partof her One Pill Can Kill campaign, a public awareness initiative to educate,support, and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers offentanyl, how to identify it, and what to do if someone is overdosing. -
AG Fitch Warns Consumers to Beware of Holiday Scams
Attorney General Lynn Fitch warned Mississippians to be aware of unsolicited “missed delivery” notification scamsas they increase this holiday season.“ -
AG Fitch Urges the U.S. Senate to Confirm Pam Bondias United States Attorney General
Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general in urging the United States Senate toswiftly confirm Pam Bondi as the 87th United States Attorney General. -
AG Fitch, Boy Scouts, and MS Bureau of NarcoticsHost 3rd Annual Scout Out Opioids
Attorney General Lynn Fitch, incollaboration with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) and the Andrew Jackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America, hosted Scout Out Opioids, aprogram to raise awareness with Scouts and their families of the dangers of opioids and offer techniques for reducing opioid abuse and misuse for themand their loved ones. -
AG Fitch, Farm Bureau, and Chamber of CommerceSecure Injunction of UnconstitutionalBiden-Harris H-2A Rule
Attorney General Lynn Fitch applauded anorder of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, haltingnationwide enforcement of a rule amending H-2A visa program regulationsthat would have brought labor unions onto American farms and ranches. -
AG Fitch Announces 4 Arrests in Recent Fentanyl Strike Force Operation
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the completion of an operation conducted by the Attorney General’s Fentanyl Strike Force on November 21, 2024, which resulted in four arrests in DeSoto County related to the sale of a controlled substance and possession of acontrolled substance. -
AG Fitch Calls on the FCC to Strengthen VettingProcess to Block Robocallers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. -
AG Fitch Files Brief in Support of First Amendment
Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, along with 17 other attorneys general, toprotect students’ First Amendment free speech rights. The brief from theattorneys general asks the Supreme Court to hear L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts. -
AG Fitch Announces Finalization of Opioid Settlementwith Kroger
Attorney General Fitch joined a coalition of overthirty state attorneys general announcing the completion of settlementagreements with Kroger, addressing the grocery chain’s role in the opioid crisis.Mississippi will receive up to $10,625,387 out of a $1.37-billion settlement,with payments anticipated to begin early next year.