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The Senate last week held its first up-or-down vote on Medicaid expansion, as recommended by the federal Affordable Care Act, this session.

Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest announced last week that Tawarius Donta Sanders was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexual battery involving a 4-year-old girl.

If you think you have the perfect product at the right time for scads of paying customers, Jackson could be the place to turn your concept into reality, a new study says.

Legislation that would require new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families applicants to undergo drug testing if there's suspicion of substance abuse is on its way to Gov. Phil Bryant.

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CANTON, Miss. -- Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker says his office is investigating numerous leads in the search for a 2-year-old girl missing for more than a week.

It is a dirty job, but someone has got to do it. The team at SoilTech Consultants is at the ground level of economic development and improvement projects all across the state.

Paula Yancey, Jackson County's board attorney, announced today that she will run for Mississippi District 16 Chancery Court judge against incumbent Neil Harris.

Debate grew terse as the House on Wednesday passed four bills that would restrict union organizing and protest and prevent local governments adopting union-friendly regulations in Mississippi.

Medicaid expansion is one of the biggest issues Mississippi lawmakers are failing to address this year, the chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus said Monday.

District 3 Supervisor Gerald Steen voted against the item, citing uncertainty regarding MCEDA's airport study.

March 3. PROMOTE THE VOTE - Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann honors the winners of the 2013 Promote the Vote Program.

Some 13,000 2012 to 2014 Nissan Frontiers are being recalled due to a circuit that was installed backwards, resulting in an overheat and potentially causing a fire.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William McLemore of Meridian, Mississippi, and the late Algeron Page of Brandon, Mississippi, and Ms.

Police believe Romeo Miller on Feb. 13 stabbed the woman 10 times on her back and five times on her arms and hands.

When the U.S. economy was imploding in 2008, federal officials decided which car companies, which investment firms would be given infusions of taxpayer cash and which would be allowed to go belly-up.

Bills designed to curb union activity in the state have passed the Senate and will be considered by the Mississippi House in the coming weeks.

Walter Strother Davis was Tennessee A&I State College's second president and the guiding force behind gaining the school its university status.

When the U.S. economy was imploding in 2008, federal officials decided which car companies, which investment firms would be given infusions of taxpayer cash and which would be allowed to go belly-up.