Both Mississippi U.S. attorneys were asked to resign, along with 44 other U.S. state attorneys that were appointed by President Obama. Gregory Davis had been U.S. attorney for southern Mississippi and Felicia Adams had been the U.S. attorney for northern…
People in Mississippi’s capital city can once again use tap water without boiling it first. Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber says Monday that boil water notices have been lifted. The notices were issued in parts of the city after workers replaced…
State senators are offering a bill to fund public schools for the 2017-2018 school year, casting doubt if law makers will rewrite Mississippi’s school funding formula this year. The Senate Appropriations Committee amended House Bill 1502, adding back $2.2 billion…
A top Mississippi lawmaker is blocking an effort to punish universities that refuse to fly the state flag, a symbol that critics see as racist. The state House passed a bill earlier this week saying public universities could not receive…
A fugitive from Mississippi suspected in crimes across three states was in a Kansas court today. Alex Deaton made his first court appearance in Pratt County, Kansas. The judge read Deaton his charges, including one count of attempted first degree…
Mississippi universities that refuse to fly the confederate themed state flag could lose proposed tax breaks, the latest twist in a long battle over a symbol critics see as racist. News 25’s Kendra Turley caught up with students at the…
The Mississippi House is advancing a bill to ban immigration sanctuary policies. Senate Bill 2710 says cities, state agencies, and public colleges can’t prevent employees from asking someone’s immigration status. The bill would also authorize all Mississippi law enforcement officers…
The Mississippi house unanimously passes an amendment that adds forms of domestic violence as grounds for divorce. The house previously killed two divorce law reform measures without a vote in Representative Andy Gipson's committee. He worked with an anti-domestic violence…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says he’d be willing to talk about replacing the statues that represent the state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Currently, Mississippi is represented by statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate politician J.Z. George.…
Employees of a Nissan plant in Mississippi are banding together and demanding their company to give them the right to unionize. The rally took place in Canton, Mississippi on Saturday. Workers, politicians, and community members marched and chanted for the…
A bill aimed to help detect breast cancer or other complications earlier is moving forward at the state capitol. The Mississippi House Passed Senate Bill 2006, which would require mammogram providers to alert patients to dense breast tissue that may…
Another bill up for discussion a measure that would expand the eligibility of the State's Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship from grades first through sixth, to grades seventh through twelfth. House bill 10-46 would also allow students to attend schools across state…
With another deadline looming later this week lawmakers in Jackson must bring up a number of bills in order for them to stay alive. Among them a bill that would prohibit the establishment of sanctuary cities. Senate bill 27-10 would…
Mississippi’s crumbling infrastructure has been a hotly contested topic for years and now 100 bridges in the state have been closed due to safety concerns. The closures come after the bridges failed inspections by the federal highway administration last week.…
A Bill allowing craft breweries across the state to sell their brew straight from their Brewhouse is one step closer to becoming law. House Bill 13-22 has now passed the senate and is only steps away from arriving to the…
The Mississippi Senate has voted to add gas chamber and electrocution as execution options in case courts block the state from obtaining lethal injection drugs. Lethal injection is Mississippi’s only execution method. The state faces lawsuits claiming drugs it plans…
Officials are working to get Alex Deaton, the man accused of multiple crimes in the state, extradited back to Mississippi. The 28-year-old was captured in Kansas Wednesday morning after shooting a convenience store clerk and leading troopers on a high…
Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran is the tenth longest serving senator in United States history. Today, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Senator Cochran on the Senate floor for reaching the impressive milestone. Senator Cochran was first elected to the Senate in…
With budget cuts left and right, government officials put the state’s movie industry on the chopping block. A measure that would have extended a filmmaking incentive, created in 2004, died in the Senate Finance Committee. Many believe the program is…
Bills that are still alive include daily fantasy sports betting. The Bill would set an 8 percent tax and authorize the Mississippi Gaming Commission to regulate sports betting online or in casinos. Mississippi legalized fantasy sports betting last year and…
Another bill that stays alive House Bill 1322 that would allow Mississippi Breweries to sell beer to customers on site. The bill passed the senate finance committee Tuesday. The measure would let a brewery sell the equivalent of two cases…
A nationwide manhunt is now over. 28 year old Alex Deaton is in custody after leading Kansas state troopers on a pursuit early Wednesday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers attempted to stop a black Cadillac around 7:50 Wednesday morning. The…
A senate bill aimed at creating a special fund for BP money died Tuesday, after it failed to make it out of the house appropriations committee. Members of the House of Representatives coast delegation called it an empty bill saying…
A bill adding domestic abuse as grounds for divorce has died in committee. Senate Bill 2703, which passed the Mississippi Senate, wasn’t taken up Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee Division B at a deadline for legislation to move ahead.…