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AP JACKSON, MS (AP) – Mississippi might join more than three dozen other states in requiring “fire-safe” cigarettes that extinguish themselves if left unattended. The cigarettes are made with two or three bands of less-porous […]

Associated Press JACKSON, MS (AP) – Some Senate Democrats say they want the chance to vote on legislation that urges Gov. Haley Barbour to accept all of Mississippi’s share of the federal stimulus. The group […]

WASHINGTON – Reversing Bush policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be “distorted or concealed […]

AP JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Senate wants to make it more difficult for convicts to get out of prison after the recent parole and pardon of convicted murderers. Legislation approved Thursday in the […]

On Monday March 9, 2008 and Tuesday March 10, 2009 the Jackson Convention Complex will host the “Get Motivated Seminar.” The popular event is expected to draw a capacity crowds on both days. People who […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Dirk B. Vanderleest is the chief executive officer of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority with management and oversight re-sponsibilities for both Jackson-Evers International Airport and Hawkins Field Airport. He was […]

JACKSON, MS – Volunteers, advocates and stakeholders in the diabetes community will gather at the state capitol in Jackson to present information about diabetes, provide health screenings and meet with their members of the Mississippi […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister has filed for bankruptcy protection for a car dealership he owns in Mississippi. The free agent running back is in a dispute with […]

NEW ORLEANS – Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weekend, leaving behind a city still desperate and dangerous. […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Mississippi House on Friday passed one bill that could lead to a higher sales tax in Jackson but slowed the momentum of another bill that had been moving in tandem. […]