Legislators plan for 3.5% increase in tax revenue, keeping up with inflation 

Which Senate and governors races are still uncalled by The Associated Press

A close contest in Mississippi is among the handful of Senate races that still had not been called by The Associated Press as of midday Wednesday.

'An army of lawyers.' Colom, Hyde-Smith camps monitor vote counting as nation watches

All eyes are on Mississippi, to see if Democrat Scott Colom will pull off an historic upset over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Defendant asks US Supreme Court to halt attempted murder retrial in New Albany

Attorneys for Lane Mitchell argue that another trial for attempted first-degree murder would violate his right from being tried twice for the same crime while the Mississippi Court of Appeals considered the trial court’s ruling a dismissal rather than an acquittal that determined guilt or innocence.

Who won Mississippi's midterm Senate race? We may not know for a while

Litigation is likely in the too-close-to-call Mississippi midterm Senate race between Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Mississippi prison health vendor fell short of contract requirements, watchdog finds

Mississippi’s prison healthcare provider has not met the requirements of its contract, according a report published Monday by the state’s legislative watchdog committee.