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.

Posted: 10:52 AM Mississippi House members want some cities in dry counties to be able to vote on allowing alcohol sales.

Updated: 12:26 AM The Meridian City Council approved newly redistricted ward lines, for the second time.

Updated: 2:36 PM House Education Committee members have narrowly rejected a bill to widen Mississippi's provisions for charter schools.

Posted: 11:45 AM A bill that would revise Mississippi's workers' compensation system survived attempts to kill it, but ended up further away from passage.

Posted: 10:49 AM Mississippi borrowers could soon pay more for some kinds of loans, if lawmakers approve a bill to allow higher interest rates.

Posted: 2:26 PM A Mississippi Senate chairman says he has concerns about immigration-enforcement and abortion-regulation bills assigned to his committee.

Updated: 11:34 PM The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors has approved funds to begin construction of an addition to the Agri-Center.

Updated: 11:51 AM UPDATE: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant named former Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin to lead the state Parole Board.

Posted: 10:42 AM Gov. Phil Bryant is having a news conference Monday to announce his pick to lead the Mississippi Parole Board.

Posted: 12:37 PM Several new members have been appointed to the state College Board in Mississippi.

Updated: 6:25 PM A heated debate over a workers' compensation bill turned into a political cat fight outside the Mississippi House chamber.

Updated: 11:14 PM Utility regulators say Mississippi Power Co. may continue to build its Kemper County coal-fired power plant, at least for now.

Posted: 10:28 AM Mississippi House members now favor changes to the state's workers' compensation system after previously voting against them.

Posted: 5:38 PM Lauderdale County supervisors have accepted bids for a new horse barn, but won't meet again until mid-April.

Updated: 12:22 AM Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall says east Mississippi will be ready when the economy gets back on track.

Updated: 12:26 AM Friday is the last day Mississippi homeowners may apply for homestead exemption this year.

Updated: 12:28 AM A proposal to relaunch an animal control advisory board in Meridian is facing some hurdles.

Updated: 10:39 AM State utility regulators will meet Friday in Jackson to consider issuing a temporary certificate sought by Mississippi Power Co. to continue work at its Kemper County plant.

Updated: 12:04 AM The woman who was given a ticket by an animal control officer says the matter has been dropped.

Posted: 11:17 AM A legal challenge to Gov. Haley Barbour's partial veto of a 2009 appropriations bill for the Highway Patrol has been dismissed.

Updated: 10:33 AM State utility regulators have asked Mississippi Power Co. and the Sierra Club to submit proposals on how to proceed with the Kemper County coal-fired power plant.

Posted: 10:11 AM A candidate for U.S. Senate spoke to a gathering of Meridian Tea Party members Tuesday night.