A bill to close Parchman Farm failed in the Senate for the second time. Plus, updates on Medicaid and ballot initiative efforts in the Legislature ...

A proposed penalty to Mississippi’s rape law may punish certain criminals in ways that raise constitutional issues. Under Mississippi law, adults convicted of ...

The Republican-led war on women's reproductive rights shows no signs of waning. In fact, it's heating up again.

Birthing centers, chemical dependency facilities, and more could be exempted from CON under the legislation approved by a ...

The state House of Representatives is slated to consider giving the public the right to seek ballot initiatives except on abortion and  other issues.

Autherine Lucy Foster made history on Feb. 3, 1956, becoming the first Black student to attend classes at the University of ...

Previous House proposals also would bar voters from considering abortion issues. However, the Senate has blocked voters regaining any right to ballot initiatives.

The Contraception Begins at Erection Act was introduced this month by Democratic Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon, who says the bill is intended to spotlight double legislative standards ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map drawn in 2021. House Minority Leader ...

In 2011, Childs was convicted of murdering her husband, Doug Childs, while the two were hunting. She was sentenced to Life in ...