During the current Mississippi legislative session, which runs from Jan. 7 through April 6, lawmakers will consider a raft of bills that could become law and impact prisons and jails, courts, policing ...

Attorneys general from 14 states challenged the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government data and ...

A former interim sheriff in Mississippi has been sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for soliciting and accepting bribes during his unsuccessful 2021 campaign for sheriff.

The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced that four officer-involved shootings across the state, including one in ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court ...

Anyone prohibited from having access to the sensitive information since Jan. 20 must destroy all copies made from the department's systems.

Florida has a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. Attorneys general are elected to four-year terms in federal midterm ...

The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to give parents paid parental leave. Similar legislation has been filed in the Senate.

The prime minister has "absolute confidence" in his attorney general despite negative press briefings, Downing Street has said. Lord Hermer KC has been subject to a string of negative stories in ...

Despite a woeful 2024 season that saw just a 2-10 overall record and winless SEC campaign, Mississippi State still ranks ahead of four other SEC teams. Here is what the SEC team recruiting ...

As a former senior investigator for the state attorney general’s office who spent 20 years investigating health fraud, I was annoyed to discover how hospitals are paid − and not paid − by ...