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House Bill Would Move Revenue Dept. to Clinton

House members want to move the Department of Revenue to a new home in Speaker Philip Gunn's district.

State

Oil Spill Cleanup on Mississippi River Complete

The Coast Guard has completed cleanup of the oil spill near Vicksburg, Miss., that closed the major shipping channel for days in both directions.

National

AP Sources: House Dems Offer Own Gun Control Plan

House Democrats will unveil 15 proposals for curbing gun violence that resemble President Barack Obama's plan and will include a call for banning assault weapons, people familiar with the package …

Education

White House Allies Produce Preschool-for-All Plan

Days before President Barack Obama outlines his agenda for the coming year, a think tank with close ties to the White House is outlining a plan that would provide preschool …

National

NM Abortion Complaint Highlights Privacy Concerns

A woman from New York came to New Mexico to terminate her pregnancy at one of the nation's four late-term abortion clinics after she found out the fetus she had …

National

Lawmakers to Get Drone Report Before CIA Hearing

President Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA faces a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing just hours after lawmakers are expected to receive a classified report providing the rationale for …

Economy

EU Leaders Brace for Tough Fight at Budget Summit

European Union leaders drew hard lines Thursday ahead of a bracing fight over EU spending for the next seven years that reflects deep divisions over the role of their union.

Business

U.S. Productivity Fell at 2 Percent Rate

U.S. worker productivity shrank in the final three months of 2012 although the decline was caused by temporary factors.

National

Confederate Past: Uproar Over Changing Park Names

The legacy of onetime Confederate fighter and slave trader Nathan Bedford Forrest has sparked new discord.

Health Care

Expansion Not in Medicaid Bill, but Not Dead Issue

Mississippi lawmakers are holding onto a chance to debate Medicaid expansion in the next few weeks, even though the governor and other Republicans oppose growth in the program.

Politics

Medicaid Expansion Chances Stay Alive in Senate

Some state senators aren't ready to expand Medicaid, but they are keeping the option alive for later in the session.

Politics

Abortion-Inducing Drugs Could Face Restrictions

Mississippi could restrict the use of abortion-inducing drugs and make women visit a physician an additional time after using them.

Education

Senate Education Panel OKs School Prayer Bill

The Senate Education Committee has approved a measure meant to make it legal for students to pray before public school groups.

State

No. 1 Recruit Nkemdiche Picks Mississippi

The consensus top recruit in the nation Robert Nkemdiche will attend Mississippi.

State

Columbus Native, Civil Rights Icon Dies

Diane Hardy Thompson, one of three African-American women who integrated then-Mississippi College for Women in 1966, has died at an Augusta, Ga., burn center. She was 64.