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.
Updated: 5:01 PM Altering the status of historical districts in the city of Meridian will be the topic of conversation at a town hall meeting on Tuesday evening.
Updated: 12:19 PM The Mississippi Public Service Commission has given new approval for Mississippi Power Co.'s coal-fired power plant in Kemper County, pushing aside opponents call for a fresh look at the plant's finances.
Posted: 6:42 PM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill designed to give owners of small businesses more say about state regulations that could affect their livelihoods.
Posted: 6:42 PM The Mississippi House moved Monday to send to conference HB 1152, which would create an alternative system of public schools in Mississippi.
Updated: 11:44 AM The Mississippi Sierra Club is renewing attacks on regulators' handling of a coal-fired power plant in Kemper County.
Posted: 6:25 PM Mississippi's jobless rate dropped in March as the labor force shrank. Alabama's unemployment rate was down for the 8th month in a row.
Updated: 10:42 AM Two committee chairmen say they've finished drawing redistricting plans for the Mississippi Legislature, and experts are privately reviewing the proposed maps.
Updated: 10:39 AM The Alabama House has passed a bill that makes changes to the state's immigration law.
Updated: 8:41 PM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has vetoed a bill that would've given the Department of Revenue the power to more quickly close a business that shirks its taxes.
Updated: 12:22 AM The city of York, Ala., has some brand new money problems that now involve the Internal Revenue Service.
Updated: 12:02 PM Starting this summer, a couple may say "I do" the same day they apply for a Mississippi marriage license.
Posted: 11:02 AM An Alabama legislator has renewed his efforts to pass a constitutional amendment to allow copies of the Ten Commandment to be posted on walls in state buildings, including schools.
Updated: 10:20 AM The state College Board is considering tuition increases at Mississippi's eight public universities.
Posted: 5:09 PM Leading Mississippi lawmakers are about to embark on their final round of budget talks.
Updated: 10:39 AM More than three thousand outstanding warrants are on the books at Lauderdale County Justice Court.
Posted: 11:18 AM Mississippi senators are considering making further changes to a workers' compensation bill that has sparked controversy.
Updated: 5:27 PM Gov. Phil Bryant has signed legislation giving Mississippi judges their first pay raise since 2003.
Updated: 11:09 AM Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he'll sign a bill Monday putting new requirements on doctors who work the state's only abortion clinic.
Updated: 9:56 PM More than 100 days into the new session, lawmakers are looking back on the progress they have made so far in Jackson.
