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Merrill McKewen, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area, said Mississippi Home Corporation’s …

Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, introduced the “Gestational Age Act,” which would ban abortions in the …

Once touted as a model for the future of coal, the Mississippi Public Service Commission …

Health Care

Amid Partisan Split, Medicaid Plan Passes Mississippi Senate

A proposal to keep Mississippi's Medicaid program alive is advancing in the Legislature.

Senators voted 31-16 Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 2836 , with most Republicans supporting it …

Some immigrants may have been "too afraid" or "too lazy" to sign up for the …

Politics

British Judge Upholds Arrest Warrant for Julian Assange

A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than …

Assange, 46, has been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London since he took refuge …

Immigration

Trump Aide: Some Immigrants 'Too Lazy' to Sign Up for DACA

Some immigrants may have been "too afraid" or "too lazy" to sign up for the Obama-era program that offered protection from deportation, White House chief of staff John Kelly said …

National

House GOP Plans Stopgap Spending Bill with Pentagon Funding

Senate leaders closed in on an agreement Tuesday to award whopping spending increases to both the Pentagon and domestic federal programs as well as long-sought disaster relief money and, perhaps, …

The looming government shutdown at midnight Thursday added urgency to the negotiations, conducted chiefly by …

Business

Equal Pay Included in Bill Prohibiting Cities from Raising Minimum Wage

An equal pay amendment is included in a bill the Mississippi House of Representatives passed this morning prohibiting cities from raising the state minimum wage.