The Vicksburg 200 Committee and the City of Vicksburg have announced they will be presenting the second Bicentennial Symposium featuring “Vicksburg’s Legacy of Lifelong Learning” Tuesday, Feb. 18, at ...

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.

Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. and Vicksburg Fire Department Associate Fire Chief Trey Martin  took the Polar Plunge ...

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

The top potential contenders for governor in 2027 -- at least to date -- appeared to up their fundraising efforts last year.

Women represent half of the U.S. population. But it’s still rare in some states for female lawmakers to have leading roles in ...

makes it impossible for us to move forward.” By Clarissa-Jan Lim Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat, confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his insistence on falsely linking vaccines ...

140 Years Ago The Silver Convention met at the Old Theater Hall yesterday. It was called to order by Senator Briggs, chairman of the Senate committee. C.C. Stevenson of Storey was elected temporary ...

Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says he is "struggling" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. At the end of Kennedy's ...

YESTERDAY, SENATOR BILL CASSIDY ENDED A THREE HOUR CONFIRMATION HEARING BY TELLING KENNEDY THAT HE WAS, QUOTE, STRUGGLING WITH HIS NOMINATION. HE SAID HE MAY CALL KENNEDY OVER THE WEEKEND.