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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a $1,500 pay raise for the state’s public school teachers beginning July 1, sending it to Gov. Phil Bryant for his approval or veto. The Senate and House gave rapid approval Thursday to an agreement reached late Wednesday on Senate Bill 2770 by negotiators, turning […]

A Republican from Oxford has been sworn in to the second-highest leadership position in the Mississippi Senate.

Just as the leader of Mississippi’s Medicaid program cracked open the door Monday to the idea of expanding health coverage to some of the state’s uninsured residents, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves seemed to slam it shut.

Second-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves entered the Mississippi governor’s race Thursday, saying he wants to protect taxpayers and oppose the values of “Hollywood and Washington, D.C.”

A top Mississippi state senator has been charged with drunken driving after authorities said his truck went into a ditch.

Mississippi lawmakers and officials told business leaders Thursday that they’re hearing their concerns about needing more and better-educated workers.

Leaders in the Mississippi Legislature answered the biggest question of their election-year session Wednesday night, agreeing to give public school teachers a $1,500-a-year raise beginning July 1.

A first-term Republican state lawmaker said Tuesday that he’s running for Mississippi governor in 2019 as a “conservative outsider.”

Mississippi Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood said Monday that if he’s elected governor, he wants the state to expand Medicaid, put more money into early childhood education and reduce taxes on groceries.

A former Mississippi Republican Party chairman will lead the transition team for Gov.-elect Tate Reeves.

A first-term Republican Mississippi lawmaker from Hernando says he will announce next week whether he’s running for governor in 2019.