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.…
Senate Bill 2634, which would create a separate fund for BP oil spill settlement money, has died in the Mississippi House. Mississippi House of Representatives Coast Delegation calls the bill "empty" in a joint statement released this afternoon. They write,…
Relatives of Emmett Till were at the capitol today in Jackson. Till’s family wants an apology from Carolyn Bryant Donham. She reportedly confessed to author Timothy B. Tyson that she lied about the encounter with the 14-year-old in her Money…
Reward money leading to the arrest of Rankin County murder suspect Alex Bridges Deaton has been increased to $22,500. Deaton is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Friday, around 5 a.m., the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a…
Mississippi lawmakers could expand a program that lets students use state money to attend schools with specialized help for dyslexia. Those could be private schools or public schools outside the district where a student lives. House Bill 1046 would add…
A Mississippi Senate committee is killing a bill to limit the powers of the Democratic attorney general. Judiciary A committee members set aside House Bill 555 today. Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, a Gulfport Republican, says it’s pretty much dead for…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant wants legislators to make a late session push to enact a lottery as a way to generate tens of millions of dollars a year to boost the state budget. Bryant is asking the state department of…
Federal authorities raid multiple restaurants in Central Mississippi as part of an immigration check. Agents with Immigration and Custom Enforcement executed criminal search warrants at eight Asian restaurants Wednesday morning. It was unclear how many people were detained. The majority…