State Auditor @ShadWhite recently appeared on the Rob Maness show to discuss the findings of Project Momentum, the largest audit of government waste in decades. https://t.co/xxm8Jg2u3h
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Percentage-point difference between this legislator’s topic share and the party median. Bars left are under-indexed; bars right are over-indexed.
Most distinctive Education 23.5 pp above the party median
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Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −23.5 pp to +23.5 pp. Most distinctive topic: Education, 23.5 pp above the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Education Over-indexed +23.5 pp
- Government Operations Over-indexed +17.6 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +11.8 pp
- Law and Crime Over-indexed +11.8 pp
- Uncategorized Over-indexed +11.8 pp
- Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce Over-indexed +5.9 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +5.9 pp
- Immigration Over-indexed +5.9 pp
- Social Welfare Over-indexed +5.9 pp
- Agriculture At median 0.0 pp
- Civil Rights At median 0.0 pp
- Culture At median 0.0 pp
- Defense At median 0.0 pp
- Energy At median 0.0 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±23.5 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering. 13 topics match the party median exactly.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
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| Education | 23.5% | 0.0% | +23.5 pp | Over-indexed | 4 |
| Government Operations | 17.6% | 0.0% | +17.6 pp | Over-indexed | 3 |
| Environment | 11.8% | 0.0% | +11.8 pp | Over-indexed | 2 |
| Law and Crime | 11.8% | 0.0% | +11.8 pp | Over-indexed | 2 |
| Uncategorized | 11.8% | 0.0% | +11.8 pp | Over-indexed | 2 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 5.9% | 0.0% | +5.9 pp | Over-indexed | 1 |
| Housing | 5.9% | 0.0% | +5.9 pp | Over-indexed | 1 |
| Immigration | 5.9% | 0.0% | +5.9 pp | Over-indexed | 1 |
| Social Welfare | 5.9% | 0.0% | +5.9 pp | Over-indexed | 1 |
| Agriculture | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Civil Rights | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Culture | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Defense | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Energy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Health | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| International Affairs | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Labor | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Macroeconomics | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Public Lands | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Technology | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Transportation | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | At median | 0 |
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Our office released a report showing that from 2006-2016, administrative spending went up while the number of teachers and students went down. If spending outside the classroom had been kept the same then MS could have redeployed $358 million annually into the classroom.
On Monday, State Auditor @ShadWhite will be unveiling the largest audit of government waste in decades. The audit identifies over $300M in reoccurring waste in state agencies. We will be streaming the press conference live on Facebook. We hope to see you there!
Anyone who missed State Auditor Shad White's press conference last week on the release of Project Momentum can now watch it on YouTube! Project Momentum identified over $330M in reoccurring waste across 13 state agencies.
A few years ago our office identified over 200 people who had died but remained on the Medicaid rolls. Working hand-in-hand with the MS Division of Medicaid, we were able to identify these people, get them off the rolls, and recover over $600,000 in misspent money.
Auditor's Office Arrests Former Water Department Clerk | @MSStateAuditor @ShadWhite News https://t.co/QVln2MRgmg
MS spends an absurd amount of money on property insurance. Our Project Momentum government waste audit showed that MS spends more money on property insurance premiums than FLORIDA. Florida spends over $12M compared to MS spending $14M annually.
Our office released a report showing that from 2006-2016, administrative spending in public schools went up despite the number of teachers & students going down. Mississippi spends a larger percentage of our education dollars on administration than every other state in the South.
Our office released a report showing that taxpayers spend up to $350,000 every year paying for cell phones for government employees that are never turned on. We will continue to identify and uncover examples of waste in state government.
Jones County Woman Pleads Guilty to RICO Charges | @MSStateAuditor @ShadWhite News https://t.co/rgqUxjoHd8