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.

Updated: 1:04 PM The Alabama Legislature is considering a law to specifically address looting following natural disasters.

Updated: 10:41 AM Gov. Phil Bryant has announced a long-term economic development initiative.

Posted: 10:07 AM A bill awaiting the signature of Gov. Phil Bryant would require doctors at abortion clinics to be certified OB-GYN and have hospital admitting privileges.

Posted: 4:26 PM The Mississippi Senate has revived charter school legislation, giving new life to a key Republican proposal this session.

Posted: 11:31 AM Mississippi Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are calling for the Obama administration to challenge new duties proposed by Mexico on U.S. poultry.

Updated: 3:03 PM Lawmakers say an abortion restriction bill that passed the Mississippi House could lead to prosecution of anyone who performs an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Updated: 10:33 AM The Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee has delayed talks because priorities are still being examined.

Updated: 4:28 PM Mississippi public schools would be required to start on the third Monday of August or later under a measure moving through the state legislature.

Posted: 4:14 PM The Alabama Senate has approved legislation that sets up a new pension system for new public employees.

Updated: 12:17 AM Public transit in Meridian is a step closer to being restored.

Updated: 11:35 AM The Mississippi Senate has passed a House bill that creates a framework for a voter ID constitutional amendment approved in November.

Posted: 11:15 AM There is talk among lawmakers, backed up by pieces of legislation, to give tax breaks to Mississippi businesses. But the question is, will a break be worth it for the state?

Updated: 10:18 AM Mississippi would lose most of its remaining regulatory authority over AT&T under a bill that passed in the House of Representatives.

Posted: 5:53 PM Mississippi has a new law allowing stronger beer to be made and sold here.

Updated: 11:52 PM Charter schools legislation is expected to be passed in Mississippi at some point.

Updated: 11:51 PM Lawmakers have voted to abolish Mississippi's 3-day waiting period for a marriage license.

Updated: 2:30 PM Alabama's governor says voting for a tax increase several years ago was a mistake.

Updated: 11:55 AM Legislation being pushed by the governor and other Republican leaders to revise Alabama's immigration law addresses some of the concerns raised by religious organizations.

Updated: 10:21 AM The Alabama Senate has passed legislation requiring people laid off from their jobs to wait one week before drawing unemployment benefits from the state.

Posted: 6:51 PM The Mississippi House, on a 59-58 vote Thursday, passed a bill that would make changes to the Workers Compensation system.

Updated: 12:16 PM The Mississippi Senate has given final passage to a bill that could close the state's only abortion clinic.

Posted: 11:26 AM The Mississippi Senate has given final approval to a bill that would increase the salaries of judges, district attorneys and assistant district attorneys.

Posted: 12:03 PM The Alabama Legislature has given final passage to a bill that allows prisons to contract with outside industries for inmates to produce products.

Updated: 11:17 AM Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that would require any doctor performing abortions to be a board-certified OB-GYN with admitting privileges at a local hospital.