JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The executive director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has resigned.

Multiple media outlets report Gov. Phil Bryant's director of communications, Clay Chandler, says Bryant accepted Lee Smithson's resignation Friday after being made aware of a situation he was involved in. At this time the nature of the "situation" has not been released.

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