Updated: 7:50 AM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he supports banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

Updated: 3:17 PM Without some type of reform, Gov. Phil Bryant says Mississippi can't move forward economically.

Posted: 4:11 PM The most challenging issues facing the new Mississippi Legislature may very well be old ones.

Updated: 10:55 PM Myrlie Evers-Williams has been selected to deliver the invocation at the inauguration of President Barack Obama Jan. 21 in Washington.

Posted: 6:58 PM Candidates who won local offices in November took their oaths Monday.

Posted: 3:11 PM Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves says he ready to work on what he calls a proactive approach to jobs and education reform.

Posted: 3:20 PM Lawmakers to again mull texting while driving ban.

Updated: 3:26 PM Local leaders are speaking out on the future of charter schools in Mississippi.

Posted: 2:14 PM Lawmakers to decide on borrowing in 2013 session.

Posted: 2:11 PM Chaney says governor hands control to feds.

Updated: 12:19 AM Those receiving a paycheck on Friday noticed something different.

Updated: 11:26 PM Education reform is expected be a hot button topic in Jackson once a new legislative session begins.

Posted: 6:32 PM Mississippi health insurance exchange proposal in limbo.

Updated: 3:25 PM Mississippi lawmakers face April deadline for budget.

Updated: 8:49 PM Clinton leaves hospital after treatment for clot.

Posted: 6:23 PM Mississippi delegation splits on fiscal cliff bill.

Posted: 6:18 PM Reeves pushing for charter schools.

Posted: 4:15 PM As Mississippi lawmakers get ready to craft a spending plan for the next budget year, one of the state's smallest agencies could be hit with cuts.

Posted: 12:15 PM Unemployment rates fell from October to November in all but one of Mississippi's 82 counties, mostly because fewer people sought work.

Posted: 2:31 PM Gregg Harper bill heads to president.

Updated: 2:47 PM Gov. Phil Bryant is touting Mississippi's tort reform laws as a conduit for economic development in new court papers filed in a Philadelphia case.

Posted: 1:26 PM A state senator plans to introduce an amendment to Alabama's constitution giving workers in the state the right to a job regardless of whether they are a member of a union or not.

Posted: 4:25 PM With just a few weeks to go before lawmakers are back at the state capitol, Gov. Phil Bryant says get ready for the education session.

Updated: 12:02 AM The Lauderdale County Detention Facility is overcrowded, and the county doesn't have the money to cover the extra expense.

Updated: 3:20 PM Mississippi's and Alabama's members of the Electoral College met Monday to cast votes in the presidential race.