House Bill 1 creates a new 5% sales tax on top of the current gas tax. The Senate plan raises the current gas tax by 3 cents each year over the next 3 years. Speaker Jason White has touted the support ...

The Mississippi State Senate has introduced a tax cut plan that contrasts with the House's proposal, focusing on a gradual income tax reduction and a gas tax increase.

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

Cell phones could be restricted in public schools if legislation makes it through the legislative process. It has already cleared a Senate committee.

Blood tests are often the first line of testing for evaluating MS symptoms. They can’t confirm a diagnosis of MS, but they can help rule out other conditions or point to a diagnosis. Multiple ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most widespread disabling neurological conditions of young adults around the world. It affects almost 1 million people in the United States, and about 2.9 ...

“I’m sure there are some minuses and pluses (to the project), but by and large I think it needs to happen.” Sen. Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, recalled that almost half of his district was underwater in ...

Sen. Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, recalled that almost half of his district was underwater in 2019. “I’m very pleased that the Corps has issued this (decision),” Hopson told Mississippi Today ...

State Senator Briggs Hopson (R) has filed a bill that would require Mississippi public schools to adopt specific policies to ban the possession or restrict the use of cell phones by students during ...