Four candidates will run for vacant seat in Legislature
RANKIN COUNTY — Four candidates are running in a special election in northern Rankin County to fill a vacant seat in the Mississippi House. Those competing in House District 59 are Scot Allen of...
View ArticleCongressional delegation splits over fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON — All three Republicans in Mississippi’s House delegation voted against legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff, while the state’s only Democrat representative voted for it. Republican U.S....
View ArticleLawmakers still hoping to debate Medicaid expansion
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are holding onto a chance to debate Medicaid expansion in the next few weeks, even though Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican leaders oppose growth in the program....
View ArticleSenators rethinking school board-election bill
JACKSON — State senators are pulling back from a plan to elect all local school board members. Senate Bill 2141 had called for all school board members to run for four-year terms in years that voters...
View ArticleMayoral candidate’s cause of death still unknown
CLARKSDALE — More than a month has passed since Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was found dead, but the cause of death remains largely a mystery pending an autopsy report. McMillian’s body...
View ArticleGovernor signs anti-corruption bill, auditor pleased
JACKSON — State Auditor Stacey Pickering is applauding a new law that he says will help fight government corruption. Gov. Bryant approved Senate Bill 2625 and it is now law with an effective date of...
View ArticleSoS to watch absentee ballots after complaints
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Secretary of State’s Office will conduct a thorough review of absentee ballots cast in some cities in the upcoming municipal primary election. This review comes on the heels of...
View ArticleDemocratic candidates faceoff for seat in U.S. House
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Two Democrats face off Tuesday for their party’s nomination in the 3rd Congressional District. The House district, which crosses all or parts of 24 counties stretching from...
View ArticleGOP official reports fewer illegal ballots than McDaniel claims
JACKSON — The Hinds County Republican Party chairman said yesterday that 300 to 350 possible illegally cast votes were found in Mississippi’s largest county in the Senate runoff between incumbent Thad...
View ArticleMcDaniel lawyers: challenge likely in primary loss
JACKSON — Lawyers for tea party candidate Chris McDaniel said Wednesday that they intend, in the next 10 days, to file a challenge of McDaniel’s loss to six-term Sen. Thad Cochran in the Mississippi...
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