The Mississippi House last Thursday advanced a bill to make changes that manufacturers and business groups are seeking in the...
Articles by Emily Wagster Pettus
Mississippi officials said the state budget is in good shape to survive this spring’s twin natural disasters of tornadoes and...
A U.S. senator from Mississippi is introducing a bill that tries to resolve wind-versus-water insurance disputes for structures wiped out...

A U.S. senator from Mississippi is introducing a bill that tries to resolve wind-versus-water insurance disputes for structures wiped out...
Gov. Haley Barbour on Friday rejected a proposal to put a $20 million subsidy into a wind pool insurance fund....
Storm-weary Mississippi residents are facing another possible round of severe weather this weekend, only days after tornadoes plowed through the...
Governors attending their national convention in Biloxi on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast have seen signs of Hurricane Katrina recovery — glitzy...
A bill that has passed the Mississippi House would ban newly licensed teenage drivers from sending text messages from behind...
Gov. Haley Barbour’s conservative allies sided with him as the House tried, and failed, to override his veto of a...
Star of cases against insurance, tobacco and asbestos industries faces prison, fines and loss of lawyer’s license Mississippi attorney Richard...