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

Secretary of State Michael Watson (R-Miss.) reminded Mississippians of upcoming election dates and deadlines. Qualifying Deadline The qualifying deadline for party primary and independent candidates for municipal offices is Friday,

The Republican candidate wants to bring back state’s old flag with Confederate battle emblem, says Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ‘no good.’

Both state Senators say current Secretary of State Michael Watson has told them he will not be seeking the seat for a third term.

Democratic Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson ... when a mob of insurrectionists attacked the Capitol in an attempt to overturn a fair and free election by force and violence" Biden announced in a White House release. "In light of the significance ...

Election-related debates are slated to happen before Feb. 4 in the Mississippi Senate. Senate Elections Committee Chair Jeremy England, R-Vancleave, told the Clarion Ledger on Thursday he has filed several bills dealing with early voting, campaign finance ...

Over to the city of Quitman, three people have submitted qualifying papers for mayor: Steve Watkins, Chip Ledbetter, and Pete Holland.

State Senator Bradford Blackmon's bill would make it "unlawful" for someone to ejaculate without "the intent to fertilize an embryo."

Three school committee members are up for reelection this year as their three-year terms come to an end. Those members are current secretary Melissa M. Keefe, Michael G. Heylin and

A Democratic Mississippi state senator introduced legislation this week that would make it unlawful for men to masturbate “without the intent to fertilize an embryo,” with the lawmaker

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of a wide range of felonies, a policy adopted in 1890 during the Jim Crow era that stands as one of the toughest such restrictions in the nation.