Lawmakers passed more than 350 bills changing the way that Mississippians live, work and play in the state, including several ...

Conservative lawmakers left the 2026 legislative session in Mississippi with some big wins in immigration and abortion access ...

North Mississippi senators pleaded for an improved disaster response from the state Thursday as thousands of their constituents still lacked power nearly three weeks after the January winter storm.

Democrats last year broke a years-long Republican supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Did the symbolic change translate ...

The state's current secretary of state was first elected to the state Senate from Jackson County in 2007.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDAM) – United States Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) Wednesday affirmed their readiness to support additional federal aid to Mississippi as the state ...

The Mississippi Legislature will meet in the capitol again on April 15, a week and a half after the scheduled end of the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi state senators passed a bill Tuesday that would let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, up from the current two months. “This is the exact ...

Mississippi legislators receive a base salary for their work during session, but mileage reimbursements, per diems and other ...

Mississippi went without a State of the State address from its governor, an opportunity to set their agenda, for the first ...

The Legislature had a final chance to override some of Gov. Tate Reeves' vetoes on April 15. After hours of discussion, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) — A Senate bill that would provide homeowners up to $10,000 to reinforce their roofs has been sent to the governor for his signature. Senate Bill 2409, called the “Strengthen ...