Posted: 6:25 PM Pretty soon, popping the top on your favorite soda may cost you a little more in Mississippi, thanks to a tax proposal in the Mississippi Senate.

Posted: 11:15 AM The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bill to give school districts the authority to make changes in rules and regulations to improve education.

Updated: 2:58 PM The Mississippi House voted Friday not to revive a Medicaid bill it killed in late January.

Updated: 3:49 PM The Mississippi Senate Thursday passed a bill designed to regulate drugs that are used to induce abortions.

Updated: 3:13 PM Mississippi senators are pulling back from a plan to elect all local school board members.

Posted: 3:00 PM A bill that passed the Mississippi Senate could reduce the cost for the general public to get copies of government documents.

Updated: 10:40 AM State senators are pushing again to end the election of school superintendents in Mississippi.

Updated: 11:45 PM Attorney Dustin Markham announced Tuesday he's running for the Ward 2 seat on the Meridian City Council.

Posted: 2:23 PM Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a second bill to let the state hire private companies to collect overdue child support.

Updated: 11:19 AM The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would make unregistered sex offenders wear GPS tracking bracelets.

Posted: 10:37 AM A bill that passed the Mississippi House overwhelmingly that's designed to help the visually impaired earn a living.

Updated: 7:26 PM The latest term of the Lauderdale County grand jury says the county faces liability and safety issues.

Updated: 12:24 AM About three weeks into the 113th Congress, session, an Alabama senator spoke to constituents about what's happening in Washington.

Updated: 12:28 AM U.S. Senator Richard Shelby is reacting to news that the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail on Saturday's.

Posted: 4:43 PM Bill would give school systems more flexibility.

Updated: 11:11 PM U.S. Senator Richard Shelby spoke with Newscenter 11 about a number of issues that Alabama residents are concerned about right now.

Posted: 1:44 PM Debate on funding for private schools shapes up.

Updated: 1:40 PM GOP legislators seek restart on Alabama IT work.

Posted: 5:57 PM After blocking Mississippi's proposal for a state-run health insurance exchange, federal officials are encouraging the state to seek approval for a partnership.

Updated: 2:35 PM The Mississippi House voted to allow Mississippi Power to sell up to $1 billion in bonds to help pay for the Kemper County lignite plant.

Updated: 7:41 PM Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says federal officials have rejected the state's proposed insurance exchange.

Updated: 11:51 PM Who will be Meridian's next chief of police? That question will ultimately be answered by who wins the mayor's race this year.

Updated: 6:20 PM A bill has passed the Mississippi House of Representatives to raise the maximum speed limit from 70 to 75.

Posted: 7:29 PM Mississippi lawmakers are holding onto a chance to debate Medicaid expansion in the next few weeks.

Updated: 12:21 AM Businesswoman, Kim Houston, has announced her run for the Ward 3 seat on the Meridian City Council.