Discussion about Mississippi state taxes and spending continue between state lawmakers, but the two sides don't exactly see eye to eye. During meetings in Jackson, a group made up mostly of republicans looked for ways to trim the budget. On…
Mississippi legislators are questioning how state agencies use retired state employees as contract workers. During a hearing Tuesday house speaker Philip Gunn said many people see the practice as double dipping. Some workers retire from state government, draw a pension,…
Mississippi's republican legislative leaders want to re-write the state's education funding formula saying they want to put more money into the classroom and less into administrative expenses. On Tuesday, legislative committees hired a private firm out of New Jersey called…
A first-term Mississippi lawmaker has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence. Lowndes County jail records show 43 year old state representative Kabir Karriem of Columbus was arrested Tuesday. He was released on his own recognizance, and is…
Mississippi Power crews continue to help restore power to thousands in Georgia in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Mississippi Power's south crew spent most of Sunday afternoon repairing a broken pole on a key feeder line that is preventing evacuees…
Local Salvation Army personnel will also be deploying east tomorrow. Six Mississippi. Alabama and Louisiana divisional canteens will be brought to Florida to help feed people in Hurricane Matthew's aftermath. If you'd like to pitch in as well Salvation Army…
Mississippi power storm crews are answering the call to help our neighbors to the east. Tomorrow morning a team of 75 line personnel and 18 support members will leave to aid Georgia Power with restoration efforts in the wake of…
With the Carolinas bracing for hurricane Matthew, MEMA is sending two staff members to North Carolina. Those two Mississippi emergency management agency staff members are MEMA's office of preparedness director "Susan Perkins" and the operations officer "Tina Reed". Both women…
Time's Money Magazine names Gulfport the best place to live in Mississippi. The publication cites the city's attractions including the sportsplex and the Gulf Islands Water Parks. The magazine looked at communities nationwide with at least 50-thousand residents. Gulfport city…
A judge in an eight-year, running lawsuit initiated by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has been removed. The Clarion Ledger reports the Fifth US Circuit Court of appeals cited US District Judge "Henry Wingate's" failure to rule on pending motion…
The Mississippi emergency management agency's director is responding to a federal audit recommending FEMA take back nearly all three point five million dollars in grants given to hope academy after Katrina. Director Lee Smithson wrote an op-ed column noting FEMA…
Bryant could be open to the possibility of a state lottery. In a written statement to the clarion ledger, Bryant says he would be willing to discuss it. Making him the first governor in nearly 30 years to say he…
Former State Senator "Irb Benjamin" is expected to become the sixth person to plead guilty in Mississippi's Prison Contract Bribery Scandal. Benjamin has filed notice he plans to plead guilty on October 18. He's accused paying bribes to former Corrections…
Mississippi is the last state to allow electronic filing of campaign finance reports. These reports allow transparency for the public in order to see where influential spending is occurring during election season. The National Institute on Money in State Politics…
South Mississippi lawmakers, along with Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, want to make sure the majority of BP oil spill settlement funds are spent on the Gulf Coast. Northeast Mississippi legislators are saying not so fast. Representative William Tracy Arnold, a…
South Mississippi Legislators along with Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves want to make sure BP Oil spill settlement funds are mostly spent on the gulf coast, but North East Mississippi Legislators are saying not so fast. Representative William Tracy Arnold a…
Mississippi receives federal advanced placement grants in an effort to boost college and career readiness for historically underserved students. The state will receive nearly $190,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to help low income families pay for…
Planned Parenthood is hoping the overturning of a law in Louisiana will help overturn a similar ruling in Mississippi. The women’s health group is asking a federal judge to overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid from spending with a…
A hostage situation is going on at a rooming house in Jackson. It all started this morning. Police say 13 hostages have been released and at least one more person is still barricaded inside a home. A 9-1-1 call came…
One coast politician is refusing to look past the actions of Pascagoula police during the July 29th traffic stop of formed Moss Point Police Chief Art McClung former republican Presidential Candidate and Pascagoula property owner Mark Everson is set to…
The man accused of killing two Mississippi nuns confesses this according to a state investigator. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officer testified Friday during a preliminary hearing for 46 year old Rodney Earl Sanders. According to the officer, Sanders confessed…
Mississippi Prisons do not allow photos to be taken during an inmate's visitation hours and one local woman is trying to change that. A Photoshop picture is the closest thing to picayune resident Jennifer Bynum’s has to a real photograph…
There will be a new way the state board of education assign grades to schools and school districts. The board voted to approve the new scoring level system Thursday. Last month the board discussed a potential plan to assign A's…
The man accused of killing two nuns in central Mississippi will appear in court this afternoon. 46 year old "Rodney Earl Sanders" is charged with capita murder in the death two Nuns "Margaret Held" and "Paula Merrill" the sisters were…