Both the state budget and a local projects funding bill are still in limbo as the legislature nears its end on April 6. A ...

With less than a week left till the end of the legislative session, legislators have two options now. They can vote to extend ...

Black business owners claim cuts by a white legislature makes it harder for residents to thrive as the bill increases sales ...

Senate Bill 2211, which mandates hospitals to have rape kits and trained staff, is under discussion in the Mississippi Senate ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law a significant tax-reform bill that includes a provision for the creation of a ...

More than 60 individual suffrage bills have been filed for Mississippi lawmaker to consider. There was also a disenfranchisement reform bill earlier in the session, but it died in the House.

For the conference committee process — that is, the appointment of three House members and three Senate members to negotiate ...

The Legislature on Saturday killed a $7 billion state budget mostly due to disagreements between the House and Senate on ...

With the passage of HB1, the Mississippi Legislature has taken a bold step that will reshape our economy and unlock new ...

For years, Arkansas and other Southern states have bandied the phrase “Thank God for Mississippi,” an at-least-we’re-not-last ...