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Drought Conditions Spread In Miss., La. 2hr
An area of moderate drought has spread further west across south Louisiana, and abnormally dry conditions have extended further north in neighboring Mississippi.
6 hrs ago | Log Cabin Democrat
4 decades later, freedom rider returns to Miss.
Civil rights activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland discusses May 12, 2009 in Jackson, Miss., the events that surrounded her being photographed as she and other Tougaloo College students were being abused by white youth as they tried in 1963 to integrate a Woolworth Department Store lunch counter in Jackson, Miss.
10 hrs ago | Sunherald.com
Public Service employees out of work until budget comes through
The Mississippi Public Service Commission is sending most of its 73 employees home without pay until the agency has a budget, commissioners said Thursday.
15 hrs ago | Rankin Ledger
Two Miss. men charged in police assault
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol troopers arrested two men Tuesday after two troopers were nearly hit when a car sped through a driver's license checkpoint in Covington County.
19 hrs ago | MyFoxMemphis
The Mississippi Public Service Commission is scaling back operations and telling most of its 73 employees to stay home until the agency has a budget, commissioners said Thursday.
Miss. agencies involved in red snapper research
Marine biologists are studying how artificial reefs may help restore red snapper numbers.
Mississippi Delta roads benefiting from stimulus
The federal stimulus package has helped keep some contractors in business, and will give towns in the Mississippi Delta a public service they've gone without for decades: paved streets.
Governor declares fiscal emergency
In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as the state sank deeper into dysfunction.
Details wanted on Miss. troopers' claims
Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson says he hasn't rejected federal officials' offer to begin talks to reach an agreement over racial discrimination complaints made by his agency's black troopers.
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Gov. Jan Brewer kept state government running but rejected funding levels for K-12 schools and said she was calling a special session next week to increase school funding.
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Barbour vetoes proposed OT changes for troopers
Gov. Haley Barbour has vetoed parts of Mississippi's overall $6 billion budget, including two provisions in a bill dealing with overtime pay for state troopers.
New burn center opens in Brandon
A burn center will open in Brandon on Monday, providing the state its first inpatient burn-treatment facility in four years.
Miss. House Commends, mourns Michael Jackson
The Mississippi House passed a resolution Tuesday commending the life and career of Michael Jackson and mourning the pop superstar's death.
California, other states face tough budget choices
Legislators in more than a half-dozen states, their revenues evaporating in the recession, frantically worked to stave off government shutdowns and devastating service cuts.
Two south Mississippi author to sign works in downtown Hattiesburg
Two well-known south Mississippi authors, Carolyn Haines and Anne McKee, will sign their works at Main Street Books, downtown Hattiesburg.
Parts of Mississippi budget in limbo at deadline
Mississippi lawmakers' budget work slowed to a crawl tonight as the clock raced to the midnight beginning of a new fiscal year.
Miss. Illegal Immigration Law To Enter 2nd Phase
A Mississippi law passed to curb illegal workers is about to enter a second phase.
Tressel impressed by military's sacrifice
COLUMBUS - Take it from Jim Tressel, now an experienced world traveler. There are few places like Djibouti in early June.
" Governor Haley Barbour and officials from GE Aviation today announced a unique research collaboration with the University of Southern Mississippi for technology and advanced material development in the company's Composites Operation in Batesville.
CBSa s Schieffer: Should Republicans a Shifta Away From Social Issues?
In an interview with Republican Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour on Sunday, CBSa TMs Bob Schieffer wondered: "Do you think that Republicans now should sort of shift the emphasis, though, from stressing social and family values and shift to more a ' to economic issues and be a party of economic conservatives rather than putting so much emphasis on ...