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Top House Republicans have opened the door to using their sweeping tax bill to repeal ObamaCare's individual mandate, as they began retooling the tax proposal Monday in pursuit of a final version that can pass Congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan,…
Florida senator and candidate for governor Jack Latvala, shown at the Florida Capitol on Nov. 2, has been removed from his leadership post. (AP) The tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations that started in Hollywood and the media has swept…
The attorney for the man accused of violently attacking Sen. Rand Paul in his own yard said Monday that the clash had “absolutely nothing to do” with politics and was a dispute over something “trivial” – deepening the mystery over…
The race to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz in Congress comes to a close Tuesday as Utahans head to the polls. Chaffetz resigned from his congressional seat at the end of June – and the district did not lack people…
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, will travel to Texas on Wednesday to meet with those affected by Sunday's church shooting. (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen…
A Democratic member of the Mississippi Legislature says he’s running for the U.S. House. Representative Jeramey Anderson of Moss Point said Friday he will seek his party’s nomination next year in South Mississippi’s Fourth Congressional District. Republican Steven Palazzo won…
It is official: a former state senator from South Mississippi is now serving as a judge with the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Sean Tindell was sworn into his new position earlier today after resigning from his state Senate seat on…
Top Republicans coping with a razor-thin majority as they try pushing a partisan agenda through the Senate are running smack into another complication: the sheer age and health issues of some senators. On Monday, the office of ailing Senator Thad…
A sickness is causing U.S. Senator Thad Cochran to postpone his trip to Washington D.C. Brad White, chief of staff to Senator Cochran, says the senator developed a urinary tract infection in a statement that says in part: “after a…
A new chief federal prosecutor for the southern half of Mississippi has taken office. Mike Hurst was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan. Hurst, the unsuccessful 2015 Republican nominee…
News 25 now has photos of the Jackson County municipal leaders who made a trip to the nation’s capital. Mayor Mario King of Moss Point tells News 25 he is having a wonderful experience networking with lawmakers in Washington, along…
Jackson County is home to two of the youngest mayors in the state of Mississippi, but that isn’t stopping them from being heard on a national level. News 25’s Tanner Stewart has more on their upcoming trip to the nation’s…
If you have ever thought about running for office, you might not want to miss the three day event going on in Biloxi. Twenty five hundred people from all over the state gathered at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi for…
The fifth annual Lounging with Libertarians was an event that aimed to bring together elected officials from every side of the political spectrum. Political party did not matter Saturday at the fifth annual Lounging with Libertarians. Elected officials from every…
The Senate GOP health care vote is a no-go, at least for now. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell postponed a planned vote on the Republican health care bill until after the July 4th recess. Both moderate and more conservative Republicans…
News 25’s Gina Tomlinson joins us with the latest from Ocean Springs.
In Ocean Springs, Republican Shea Dobson ran against Incumbent Democrat Mayor Connie Moran. Moran has been the mayor of Ocean Springs since 2005. After a very heated election, Shea Dobson has upset the three term incumbent Mayor Connie Moran with…
In Pascagoula, Democrat Jenafer Gurley, Republican Dane Maxwell and Independent Lazaro Rovira were all hoping to take Mayor Jim Blevins spot. Blevins chose not to run for re-election. The new mayor of Pascagoula is Republican Dane Maxwell. Maxwell won with…
News 25’s Kristen Durand has been following the Biloxi mayoral race today. She joins us from Biloxi with a very special guest.
Biloxi Incumbent Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich looked to keep his job and his opponent Democrat Sugar Stallings was hoping to become mayor. Fofo will be keeping his seat and serving a full term this go round after winning 87% of…
South Mississippi voters headed to the polls this morning, many weighing in on their mayoral candidates. In Biloxi, Incumbent Mayor Andrew ‘FoFo’ Gilich faces off against Democrat Sugar Stallings. In Bay St. Louis, Democrat Mike Favre and Republican Jeff Harding…
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State lawmakers were in Jackson today for a special session expected to last one or two days. The session convened at 10 a.m. to finish budgets for the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Jim…
