Posted: 7:38 PM The topic of medicaid expansion in Mississippi will be sticking around for a while as opposing positions are debated.

Updated: 11:47 PM Congressman Gregg Harper discusses the election with John Johnson On the Record this week.

Posted: 4:37 PM A new report says Mississippi should expand its health care system by producing more physicians and providing incentives for them to work in rural areas.

Posted: 10:38 AM Alabama's deputy secretary of state, Emily Thompson, says state law allows a voter to mark a straight-ticket ballot for one party, but then change votes in individual races for candidates of another party.

Updated: 11:59 PM A state representative seeking office in the Supreme Court visited our area.

Updated: 5:51 PM Mississippi lawmakers are going to federal court to oppose a lawsuit the state NAACP filed over redistricting.

Updated: 12:38 AM Treated wastewater from Meridian is now being used at the Kemper County coal plant.

Posted: 4:41 PM All of Mississippi's congressional incumbents have raised more campaign cash than their challengers.

Posted: 5:50 PM Expanding Medicaid might bring Mississippi more federal money the first few years but could cost the state millions from 2017 through 2025.

Posted: 5:45 PM A state board has approved the sale of $33 million in bonds to finance the purchase of thousands of new buses for Alabama public schools.

Updated: 5:07 PM Gov. Phil Bryant took his message of success to high school hallways and classrooms.

Updated: 12:14 PM Pickens, Miss., Mayor Joel Gill, 61, died in a car accident.

Updated: 9:31 PM Lawmakers and school officials took part in a meeting to talk about the future of public education in Mississippi.

Posted: 4:39 PM Leaders from the state's court systems and child welfare services are trying to come up with better procedures and outcomes for the state's youth.

Updated: 11:47 PM Meridian's mayor says the financial arrangements for a new law enforcement center closed Oct. 3. and the funds for the project are in the bank.

Updated: 6:01 PM Hinds, Jefferson Davis and Pontotoc counties missed a Sept. 22 deadline to transmit ballots to military members or U.S. citizens living overseas

Updated: 6:05 PM Alabama legislators are giving voters the opportunity to cut lawmakers' pay in the election Nov. 6.

Updated: 10:28 AM Efforts are being made to give another part of Meridian a facelift.

Posted: 10:39 AM Lauderdale County emergency workers will have a little extra technology to use the next time there's a natural disaster.

Updated: 5:08 PM The NAACP has asked a federal court to order elections for the Mississippi Legislature in 2013.

Posted: 12:00 PM A computer conversion at the Mississippi Department of Revenue delayed some revenue collections from being posted.

Updated: 10:47 AM The Mississippi House Gaming Committee may consider a state lottery soon.

Updated: 1:58 AM Lt. Governor Tate Reeves discussed job creation and the past legislative session with Newscenter 11 this weekend.

Updated: 9:38 PM Groups are coming out in support and opposition to a move by Governor Phil Bryant to add the magnolia state in a federal lawsuit against President Obama's immigration plan.

Posted: 10:50 AM Mississippi's 4th District Cong. Steven Palazzo faces three challengers Nov. 6.