Posted: 11:38 AM The Mississippi Department of Revenue has found mistakes in 36,000 homestead exemption filings.

Posted: 5:20 PM The Lauderdale County Tourism Commission is now working on new ways to get better information out to tourists.

Posted: 10:59 AM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and top lawmakers say they've set a conservative estimate of how much money the state can spend.

Posted: 10:36 AM Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will let the federal government know by Friday is the state will create its own health insurance exchange.

Updated: 6:13 PM The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to the requirement that some states get pre-clearance from the Justice Department before making any changes in the way they hold elections.

Updated: 12:10 AM Chief William Cox is settling into his new role as head of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Updated: 6:13 PM A top Mississippi lawmaker says the House and Senate will try to agree on a package of long-term borrowing next year, after failing to authorize one this past spring.

Posted: 5:33 PM Mississippi's struggling economy could be hit even harder if congressional lawmakers don't take action by the first of the year.

Updated: 10:21 PM The Mississippi Development Authority plans to demand Handy Hardware return a $3.6 million grant.

Posted: 3:37 PM The Alabama Board of Education submitted budget recommendations for the next fiscal year Thursday.

Updated: 4:41 PM The number of Mississippi voters dropped from the 2008 presidential election by as much as 90,000 people.

Updated: 1:13 AM Newscenter 11 sampled reaction to the presidential election in Meridian Wednesday.

Updated: 1:12 AM Election commissioners are busy certifying votes from Tuesday's election.

Updated: 1:12 AM Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says the country needs to pull together to solve our problems.

Updated: 11:13 AM Mississippi reelected Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and all four of its U.S. House members.

Posted: 10:56 AM The former judge ousted for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument has won his old job back as Alabama's chief justice.

Updated: 11:13 PM Alabama voters have voiced their opposition to the new national health care law. and decided several other proposals to amend the state constitution.

Updated: 6:52 PM According to exit polls, Mississippi and Alabama voters say the economy was the big issue for them in the presidential race.

Updated: 5:46 PM Some minor voting problems were reported in Mississippi on election day.

Updated: 4:15 PM Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says voter turnout is higher than expected across the state.

Updated: 12:52 AM The Meridian City Council is endorsing an effort that would give municipalities the option of voting on a local sales tax.

Updated: 1:16 AM Local middle school students make their voices heard in a school-wide mock election.

Posted: 11:25 AM Mississippi voters are making their choices for president, as well as other federal, state and local races.

Updated: 11:27 AM Voters in Alabama will vote for president, congressional and state offices, as well as decide 11 proposed constitutional amendments.

Updated: 12:17 AM Officials are prepared for a busy election day.