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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.

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 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.

The head of the Mississippi’s road-building agency says political pressure is why her cash-strapped department is building a $2 million access road to a gated subdivision where Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves lives.

Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying states can force online shoppers to pay sales taxes could produce a special legislative session in Mississippi to earmark new money for roads and bridges.

Gov. Phil Bryant told reporters Thursday that he’s still exploring a special legislative session to provide more state money for Mississippi’s roads and bridges.

The nation’s most restrictive abortion law is headed for a showdown before a federal judge only hours after it was signed by Mississippi’s governor.

A bill that would allow more public money to be used to send students to private school was sent to the full Senate on Tuesday.

Attorney General Jim Hood and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves spoke in front of the Mississippi Economic Council as speculation over 2019 governor races mounts.

Community members are responding to a controversial ruling out of Mississippi where a circuit court of appeals decided businesses can deny services to same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs.

The plaintiffs say their children are deprived because they are black and attend overwhelmingly black schools, in districts that have been given an “F” rating by the Mississippi Department of Education.