Posted: 12:04 PM Mississippi lawmakers are trying to resolve differences between House and Senate versions of bills expanding charter schools.

Updated: 12:18 AM Possible federal budget cuts have many officials in the Magnolia state concerned.

Posted: 4:14 PM The Mississippi Senate has advanced a bill that would in most cases block information about concealed-carry weapons permits from public records.

Updated: 11:14 AM Former Republican senator, Chuck Hagel, has been sworn in as U.S. defense secretary.

Updated: 10:50 AM Gov. Phil Bryant has signed bills codifying a settlement between the Public Service Commission and Mississippi Power Co. over the company's Kemper County power plant.

Updated: 11:25 PM Meridian officials are hoping a new agreement will mean new federal and state money for the city in the future.

Updated: 11:25 PM Retired businessman Wally Hudnall has entered the race for mayor of Meridian.

Posted: 2:19 PM The Mississippi Senate approved $695,000 for the secretary of state to defend the state's new voter ID law.

Updated: 11:27 PM Hol-Mac Corporation marked its recent expansion in with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday.

Posted: 11:12 AM Factories, farmers and fishermen could stop paying sales taxes on electricity and fuel, under a state House proposal.

Posted: 10:31 AM The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments Wednesday about a provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Posted: 7:21 PM Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales.

Posted: 2:19 PM Another med group backs Mississippi Medicaid expansion.

Updated: 10:48 AM One top official wants gun makers in seven states to flee critics and move to Mississippi.

Posted: 2:43 PM Mississippi senators rejected the secretary of state's budget Thursday amid an argument about paying lawyers to defend a proposed voter identification law.

Posted: 12:18 PM Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield has been arrested on federal bribery charges.

Posted: 7:07 PM Meridian Mayor Cheri Barry made her reelection plans official Tuesday.

Posted: 3:11 PM House committee members want the state to borrow more than $184 million, mainly for new buildings at Mississippi's community colleges and public universities.

Posted: 10:59 PM A crowd of several hundred attended a community hearing about the resignation of James Reed as Meridian's police chief.

Updated: 6:16 PM The state of Mississippi has corrected a clerical error that left unrecorded ratification of the 13th Amendment for 18 years.

Updated: 4:44 PM Bill: Real estate biz to oversee home inspections.

Posted: 4:35 PM Alabama Chief Justice: Budget plan wiping out courts.

Posted: 2:27 PM Mississippi bills could lead to prayer in schools.

Posted: 6:25 PM Pretty soon, popping the top on your favorite soda may cost you a little more in Mississippi, thanks to a tax proposal in the Mississippi Senate.

Posted: 11:15 AM The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bill to give school districts the authority to make changes in rules and regulations to improve education.