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Mississippi lawmakers opened their election-year session Tuesday and a top senator resigned his leadership post amid questions about a second-offense drunken driving charge he faces.

Republican nominees for all eight statewide offices in Mississippi appeared together at a campaign rally Monday.

Gubernatorial and legislative elections in four states Tuesday will test voter enthusiasm and party organization amid impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and a fevered Democratic presidential primary scramble. Results in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia won’t necessarily predict whether Trump will be reelected or which party will control Congress after the general election […]

Fourth-term Attorney General Jim Hood said in a statement Monday that he will announce his candidacy Wednesday in his hometown of Houston, Mississippi.

There may not be a deal yet on transportation funding among legislative leaders, but Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s ready to call lawmakers back into session.

The leader of Mississippi’s long-scrutinized foster care agency is retiring next month shortly after a new governor takes office.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday issued the official document to call lawmakers into special session Thursday to discuss more money for roads and bridges.

State and federal investigators are trying to find out who hung seven nooses in trees outside the Mississippi Capitol early Monday, a day before a U.S. Senate runoff.

Polls open Tuesday at 7 a.m. in Tennessee and Mississippi, 7:30 a.m. in Arkansas. (Some Tennessee counties open polls later. See a list here.) Here’s a look at what you’ll find on your ballot. U.S. SENATE There are three U.S. Senate seats on Tuesday’s ballot in the Mid-South. TENNESSEE Republican Bill Hagerty, Democrat Marquita Bradshaw […]

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is putting the brakes on a plan to build a $2 million access road to a gated subdivision where Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves lives.

Mississippi’s lieutenant governor said Monday that he’s ready to accept most of the transportation funding proposals championed by leaders of the state House.