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Special session called on storm aid

Gov. Phil Bryant has called the Mississippi Legislature into special session starting Thursday to help pay state government’s ...

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La. House committee approves looser gun laws for legislators

State lawmakers would be exempt from many weapons restrictions imposed on the public under a bill nearing final ...

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Tornadoes cause damage in state

TUPELO (AP) — At least three tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent ...

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McAllister won’t seek re-election

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana GOP Rep. Vance McAllister, caught on camera kissing a married female aide, said ...

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Cochran tops McDaniel in financing

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has raised more than three times as much campaign cash this year ...

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Many constituents willing to forgive Rep. McAllister

To Louisiana voters accustomed to tawdry scandals involving elected officials, disappointment with an eye toward forgiveness is the ...

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Federal regulators deny pipeline timeline request

Federal regulators have denied a request from American Midstream Partners to speed up consideration of its proposed abandonment ...

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Jindal joins those calling for resignation of McAllister

MONROE, La. (AP) — Embattled Louisiana Rep. Vance McAllister issued a less-than-ironclad vow to stay in office Thursday ...

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GOP leaders keep distance from Rep. McAllister

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Republicans kept their distance Tuesday from a Louisiana congressman who asked for forgiveness after ...

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State pay raise plan rejected by Mississippi Senate

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi senators on Tuesday rejected a proposal to give a $1,000 pay raise to all ...

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Hundreds attend Jackson mayor’s funeral

Hundreds of mourners filled the Jackson Convention Complex on Saturday for Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba’s funeral, which lasted ...

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Bryant declares emergency as severe weather nears

PEARL (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant has issued a state of emergency as severe weather approaches Mississippi.

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Senate approves preliminary borrowing plan

JACKSON (AP) — Lawmakers moved forward Wednesday with plans to borrow tens of millions of dollars to help ...

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Jackson mayor dies unexpectedly

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, a prominent attorney and former human rights activist who persuaded local voters into accepting ...

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Appeals Court rules against Natchez dentist

NATCHEZ (AP) — The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a state board's suspension of a Natchez ...

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Farm bill passes Senate

The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Barack Obama Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from ...

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Firefighter dies during grass blaze

LIBERTY (AP) — Authorities say an Amite County volunteer firefighter died Saturday while fighting a wildfire east of ...

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Deaths, wrecks, closings blamed on storm in Miss.

JACKSON (AP) — The Arctic blast that sent subfreezing temperatures, snow and sleet across Mississippi is being blamed ...

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Snow, bitter cold temperatures back in forecast

The National Weather Service warned people from northwest Louisiana to the Mississippi Coast to gear up for another ...

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Aykroyd now a reserve deputy

JACKSON (AP) — Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis has a new reserve deputy: actor Dan Aykroyd.

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