Updated: 3:07 PM Mississippi lawmakers eye more K-12 education changes.

Posted: 2:59 PM Alabama governor says raises unlikely this year.

Updated: 12:33 AM Another candidate has been added to the list of those running for the Meridian City Council.

Updated: 12:38 AM Cong. Gregg Harper paid a visit to Meridian Community College to talk about workforce development and jobs.

Updated: 12:17 AM Democrat Rod Amos has qualified to seek the office of mayor of Meridian.

Updated: 12:17 PM A settlement between the Mississippi Public Service Commission and Mississippi Power Co. involving a Kemper County plant could raise rates more than 21 percent.

Posted: 12:01 PM Two lawmakers want Mississippi to block some current and future federal laws.

Updated: 10:49 AM Mississippi House members approved a bill to expand charter schools in the state.

Posted: 2:32 PM Lawmakers are moving toward borrowing money to allow the University of Mississippi to construct a new medical school building.

Updated: 2:27 PM Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat.

Posted: 11:35 AM Legislators from both sides of the aisle were ready to comment on Gov. Phil Bryant's State of the State message.

Posted: 11:22 AM In his State of the State address, Gov. Phil Bryant laid out the direction he wants for Mississippi.

Updated: 12:41 AM Members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are preparing to go to the polls to vote.

Updated: 11:33 PM Meridian's Ward 2 City Councilwoman Mary Perry is again a candidate for the office.

Posted: 11:19 AM Mississippi House members are poised to take up their own version of charter school legislation.

Updated: 3:27 PM Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says there's a push from state leaders to change how a certain percentage of land oversight is handled. And he says it's a bad idea.

Posted: 3:01 PM Bills would remove gun permits from public records.

Updated: 3:12 PM Members of Meridian’s 155th Brigade Special Troops Battalion and 186th Air Refueling Wing are being deployed in support of the presidential inauguration.

Posted: 11:35 AM An expert says Mississippi's economy is growing slowly but still lags behind the pace of the U.S. economy overall.

Updated: 5:31 PM Mississippi senators are pushing ahead a bill expanding charter schools in Mississippi.

Updated: 11:21 AM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants the state to resist any presidential order that might restrict gun rights.

Updated: 12:00 PM Legislation to expand charter schools in Mississippi is once again moving forward.

Posted: 3:21 PM Alabama governor backs off 1st major proposal for 2013.

Updated: 7:46 AM Only Mississippi abortion clinic can't comply with law.

Posted: 2:24 PM Alabama counties could get power to reject changes.