When is the 2025 tax-free weekend for back-to-school shopping? The Mississippi tax-free weekend will be all day Friday, July 11, through Sunday, July 13.

Travel by train is making a highly anticipated return to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Tickets are now on sale for the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service, launching August 18 with twice-daily trains between ...

Public lands seem to be off the chopping block after U.S. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that a provision mandating the sale of U.S.

When it was introduced, the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” now making its way through Congress contained provisions that would allow the selling off of millions of acres of our federal public ...

Before the House finished its work for the May 28-29 special session, it shot down a local projects bill funneling $18 million toward projects in Jackson.

Key takeaways: A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would limit eligibility for the federal Pell Grant program by reducing the maximum award from $7,300 to $5,700. More than 79,000 ...

A revision to President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill mandating the sale of millions of acres of public land was deemed ineligible to be included by the Senate parliamentarian.