Updated: 7:23 PM An important deadline is coming for those who want to vote in Mississippi's August primaries.

Updated: 11:10 PM These are the candidates running in Mississippi for statewide offices in 2011.

Updated: 11:07 PM List of candidates who have qualified to run for office in Lauderdale County in 2011.

Updated: 10:27 AM The Mississippi secretary of state's office is holding public hearings across Mississippi on three initiatives scheduled to be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

Posted: 12:19 PM Democratic candidate for governor, Johnny DuPree, visited Meridian Friday night.

Posted: 10:55 AM The Choctaw Tribal Election Committee released official results of the June 2011 Tribal elections.

Updated: 12:04 PM There will be a runoff for chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, but results are not final.

Updated: 10:31 AM A Run-off election appears likely in the 2011 Choctaw Tribal Election.

Updated: 10:29 AM 2011 Choctaw Tribal Council Election Results

Updated: 12:13 AM In the 2011 Choctaw Tribal Elections Results Miko Beasley Denson is holding a lead, but is it enough to win re-election?

Updated: 11:55 PM Heavy voter turnout for Choctaw tribal elections delays poll closings.

Updated: 9:20 PM Peter Boggan made his formal announcement for Lauderdale County District 2 supervisor Wednesday.

Posted: 2:33 PM The head of Mississippi's economic development agency has sued the secretary of state's office in an attempt to stop a vote on eminent domain.

Updated: 10:08 PM A candidate was taken off the 2011 Lauderdale County ballot, because a court determined he did not meet the residency requirement.

Updated: 7:13 PM Lauderdale County has received approval of its redistricting lines from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Updated: 10:57 AM Choctaw tribal elections are set for Tuesday, June 14.

Updated: 8:17 PM A Meridian man has entered the race for state House of Representatives District 83.

Posted: 7:02 PM State Rep. Tad Campbell Monday qualified to run for the Mississippi Senate.

Posted: 10:39 AM Gov. Haley Barbour is not planning to call a special session of the Mississippi Legislature to redraw legislative district boundary lines.

Updated: 5:32 PM State Rep. Tracy Arinder, a Democrat from Morton, has dropped out of a campaign for re-election to the Mississippi House.

Posted: 2:13 PM A federal panel has given Mississippi lawmakers two choices: immediately craft a redistricting plan or run in the current districts in 2011.

Updated: 5:29 PM The Tribal Election Committee of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has certified results from Tuesday's special election.

Updated: 5:19 PM Unofficial results of a special election in the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' Pearl River community were released Wednesday.

Updated: 11:04 PM Candidates from county supervisor to governor met at one forum Tuesday, sponsored by the Young Professionals of Meridian.

Updated: 7:34 PM A panel of federal judges is expected to announce its decision on Mississippi's legislative redistricting this week. Here's a look at the potential impact of the new lines on east Mississippi.