Former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes didn’t stay out of the political scene long. Three months after turning over his mayoral seat to longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast attorney and fellow Republican Hugh Keating, Hewes has been tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The president nominated Hewes on Oct. 2 to join the commission’s acting chairman, Peter Feldman, as its two lone members. Earlier this year, Trump removed three commissioners appointed during President Joe Biden’s administration, and another commissioner announced his resignation. The three terminated commissioners had their posts restored temporarily until the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Trump’s decision to fire them during the summer.

Hewes, who was born in Louis

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