BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 1:20 PM CDT, April 8, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Budget writers in the Mississippi Legislature will have slightly more money to spend during the coming year than they did in the current one. Top members…
The Biloxi City Council will consider asking the state legislature to approve an additional 2% on the city's hotel tax. Mayor Fofo Gilich says the additional revenue would…
In Jackson, the gavel fell signaling the start of the 2023 State Legislative Session. After a busy 2022 session that tackled many important issues, lawmakers this year will be focusing…
This week, the Mississippi legislature will make a big decision about special needs children in the state.
One local grass roots effort called Fed Up with 50th is calling for the state legislature to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (M.A.E.P.)
Some were skeptical, but the Mississippi House of Representatives has finally passed an amended version of the Opening Meetings Bill.
A reason for Coast residents to celebrate: the Clarity Bill has passed both the House and the Senate and is sitting on the Governor's desk to become law.
How often do you see someone driving next to you, not looking at the road, but at their cell phones?
Mississippi prosecutors are disappointed after a bill which would have allowed them to provide witness protection died in the state legislature.
The Mississippi state legislature has proposed a bill to give all state employees who make less than $50,000 per year a $1,500 pay raise.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (M.D.O.T.) hopes the state legislature takes up plans to continue funding their road projects.
Some local state lawmakers do not agree with Governor Phil Bryant's tax cut proposal.
Common Core has been a widely debated topic since 2010 when Mississippi schools began working to implement its standards.
Tourism is a large part of what drives the Gulf Coast's economy and is important to many local business owners.