Updated: 12:17 AM A formal request is being made for the Kemper County Sheriff's Department to be investigated.

Updated: 11:36 PM House Representative and Speaker Pro Tem Greg Snowden takes a look back on the four-month legislative session in Jackson.

Posted: 1:00 PM This year's session shows GOP power is great, but not unlimited.

Updated: 12:21 PM The Alabama Senate has given final approval to a bill that will prohibit protesters from getting within 1,000 feet of funerals for fallen soldiers or other victims.

Updated: 11:06 AM The Mississippi Senate Wednesday adopted its own redistricting plan that includes more majority-black districts and fewer split precincts statewide.

Posted: 6:47 PM Mississippi lawmakers have passed the final version of a bill that aims to help authorities find and prosecute adults who sexually abuse minors.

Posted: 6:35 PM Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill into law allowing the manufacture of stronger beer.

Updated: 7:39 PM A structural problem at Highland Park and road projects had the attention of the Meridian City Council Tuesday.

Updated: 2:53 PM This week will mark the end of an era in Lauderdale County. The county's last one lane bridge is set to be demolished.

Posted: 11:01 AM A bill to give businesses a larger income tax credit when they pay inventory taxes is headed to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant.

Updated: 6:31 PM Mississippi Senate leaders revealed redistricting plans Tuesday afternoon.

Posted: 6:52 PM Mississippi lawmakers have completed their part of the state budget process.

Posted: 6:44 PM Mississippi legislators have approved the final version of a bill making changes to the workers compensation system.

Updated: 11:28 PM Some residents in Kewanee claim that public funds are being used to for what they call a 'private project.'

Posted: 3:06 PM On Saturday, Mississippi lawmakers approved most parts of a $5.6 billion budget.

Posted: 10:33 AM A bill to streamline the way businesses file state and local taxes in Alabama is on its way to the governor's desk.

Posted: 4:14 PM House Republicans have pushed through a redistricting plan that critics say would cut the number of white Democrats in the 122-member body.

Updated: 10:56 AM Two Democratic runoffs were decided this week in Choctaw County, Ala.

Posted: 10:26 AM An Alabama Senate committee has passed changes to the state's immigration law.

Updated: 10:20 AM A new Mississippi law aims to bring more physicians to the state.

Posted: 7:20 PM The chairman of the Alabama House panel in charge of the state's general fund budget says a proposed $1 per pack cigarette tax would likely have to be reduced to make it out of committee.

Updated: 12:05 AM An investigation is being launched into alleged voting irregularities in Sumter County.

Posted: 10:32 AM The Mississippi Development Authority will lead a delegation of state business leaders on a trade mission to Argentina and Chile.

Updated: 10:26 AM The Alabama Senate has passed a bill to prohibit any insurance plan offered through a health insurance exchange in the state from offering coverage for elective abortions.

Posted: 7:07 PM The Mississippi House could unveil its redistricting plan Wednesday.