Politics

The commissioner Institutions of Higher Learning says colleges need to be supported.

Anti-child homelessness advocates are pushing the legislature to address the growing problem in Mississippi.

The net worth of white families is many times greater than that of minorities. The recession is causing that gap to grow.

The College Board outlines its financial request to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on Monday. Higher Education leaders say there is no more fat to trim and no time to waste.

A comittee studying the future of the Public Employee Retirement System holds a public hearing.

The spending habits of most Mississippi counties is now posted online for the first time.

The Republican candidate for attorney general, Steve Simpson, is criticizing Democratic incumbent Jim Hood for not fighting hard enough for Mississippi residents who have BP oil spill claims. Hood says he's taken the lead among Gulf Coast attorneys general.

The two main candidates for Agriculture commissioner address the press in Jackson.

Ten years ago, the American public by and large had no idea who Al-Qaeda was and what their hatred of the Western world propel them to do. That all changed instantly on the morning of 9-11-2001. Are we much safer ten years later?

The Mississippi Supreme Court gives the go ahead for the so-called "personhood" amendment.

Hurricane Irene was the tenth disaster this year to cause more than a billion dollars in damage.
The unrelenting bad luck … including tornadoes in Mississippi… has spent all but 640 million dollars set aside for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Phylliss J. Anderson will be the first female chief to head up the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

The state won a $38 milion lawsuit against a large pharmaceutical company, Sandoz Inc.

State lawmakers get their first look at an economic development package.

Parents for Public Schools pushes for full K12 funding, but less education money is available than in years past.