A petition for a writ of certiorari is a brief that asks the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling, either from a federal appellate court or a state’s court of last resort. A Brief in ...

The Mississippi Legislature killed a proposed bill to create a bounty hunter program for people who entered the U.S. illegally. The legislation, if passed, would have created a bounty hunting program ...

Hinds County Chancellor Dewayne Thomas recently affirmed the ruling of the Mississippi Ethics Commission that the state Legislature is not covered by the open meetings law and thus can meet behind ...

Voters from 15 Mississippi legislative districts will decide special elections this November, if a federal court approves two redistricting maps that lawmakers approved on Wednesday. The Legislature ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court yesterday ruled that remedial state Senate maps passed by the Legislature earlier this year still do not remedy unlawful vote dilution in the DeSoto County area. New ...

House and Senate bills would require local governments to spend opioid settlement money on strategies that address addiction ...

For the fifth session in a row, legislators passed over funding requests to build Jackson State a new football stadium or repair the existing one.

Absentee voting has begun for several special legislative elections in Mississippi, which have the potential to add more Democratic seats in a state controlled by Republicans. A federal three-judge ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Redrawing some ...