By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection. Lawmakers needed to act before the fiscal…
By Phil Helsel, Abigail Williams and Vaughn Hillyard The U.S. Agency for International Development announced Tuesday night that almost all direct hires around the world will be placed on administrative leave this week. The move was announced on the organization’s website after days of attacks by the Trump…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Updated 11:39 AM CST, January 8, 2025 Mississippi’s top legislative leaders on Monday unveiled details of their different plans to cut state taxes and potentially expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor, likely two of the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump. A collection of hardline Republicans convened in the back of…
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press The House has passed a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins next Tuesday while punting final decisions on spending for the next budget year until after…
A Mexican national is accused of using a government credit card to buy building materials on the Coast. Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley said 46-year-old Juan Jesus Flores Cupdio has been charged with credit card fraud. He was taken to…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 12:34 PM CST, December 6, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators will begin their session next month without a broad outline from their leaders about how the state should spend money during the year that…
By STEVE PEOPLES, ADRIANA GOMEZ and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has entered the 2024 presidential race. He’s stepping into a crowded Republican primary contest that will test his national appeal as an outspoken cultural conservative and…
The legislative session has ended. Here are the big bills that passed. A bill that allows people who donate to food pantries to get a tax cut passed. Medicaid postpartum care was…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices and the state’s network. Gov. Tate Reeves announced the ban Wednesday in a letter to department and agency heads. Reeves…
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has signed legislation to fund the government for an additional week as lawmakers race to finish work on a full-year spending package before they head home for the holidays…
JACKSON—Delegates to the Mississippi Republican State Convention, held August 1, elected Party leadership for the next four years. County conventions and precinct caucuses were held July 11, 2020. “The reorganization of our Party through the Convention process is an important…
As the Coronavirus pandemic rages on, the federal government is lending small businesses a helping hand. The ‘Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security’ Act or CARES Act continues to offer support to those impacted by COVID-19. “The CARES Act created…
Jackson, Miss. – The Mississippi Legislature will delay reconvening the 2020 Legislative session beyond Wednesday, April 1, by agreement of Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. The Legislature adjourned its 125-day Session temporarily on Wednesday,…
Two-hundred and thirty-two years ago tomorrow, we celebrate the birth of our government. Ahead of Constitution Day, one Mississippi senator decided to educate some local high school students on the importance of government. Having the attention of a room full…
The deadline for congress to come up with a budget compromise is midnight tonight - Based on what's happened in Washington in the last 24 hours, there's a very real possibility of a government shutdown. The House of Representatives passed…
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran urged the senate to adopt legislation to keep the federal government open and fund urgent priorities around the nation. The resolution includes funding to continue counterterrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. It also appropriates $872…
How do city officials handle a multi-million dollar budget or how does law enforcement solve crimes? Those were questions third grad students were tackling at Three Rivers Elementary School this morning. Gulfport City Councilman Ricky Dombrowski and a police officer…
Residents in Ocean Springs continue to collect signatures in hopes of shifting the city’s government. Dozens gathered at the Mary C. Cultural Center this evening to hear more about why residents are interested in shifting the city from a mayor-council…
Twelve hundred signatures, that’s the goal for Moss Point residents eager to change the city’s form of government. News 25’s Kendra Turley gives us a closer look at the petition residents organized to shift the River City to a city…
Many Moss Point residents are demanding change after the way the city handled the recent investigation and termination of former Police Chief Art McClung. Eager for change in leadership, residents wasted no time putting together a petition to change the…
Residents in Moss Point follow the City of Ocean Springs and start a petition to move toward a city manager form of government. The call for change comes after many residents were upset with the recent investigation and termination of…
News 25's Toni Miles interviews The Rev. Stephen Kidd and The Rev. Claire Dobbs about the Gulfport Ecumenical Fellowship Meeting April 19th Noon, at First Missionary Baptist Church. To promote uniting the Faith Communities, Police and Government. First Missionary Baptist…
Residents interested in discussing current events and legislation with elected state representatives had the opportunity to do so tonight in D’iberville. News 25’s Kendra Turley takes us inside tonight’s interactive meeting at the recreation center. One of the goals of…