Thompson, first elected to the U.S. House in 1993, is Mississippi’s lone Black congressman. He has been the only Democrat in ...

Based on the ongoing rhetoric surrounding the federal government shutdown, perhaps it is time to ask the question.

House Speaker Jason White says he wants to restore the initiative process to allow citizens to place issues on the ballot.

Shirley Payne believes Americans should take a fresh look at the nationally televised speech that President John F. Kennedy delivered Sept. 30, 1962, as he announced he was "federalizing" a unit of ...

Medicaid expansion died Thursday night at the Capitol in Jackson, as Mississippi lawmakers could not reach a deal. ‘Tis the season — Labor Day weekend — when state politicians will trip over each ...

The expected rising costs for health insurance could give Democratic candidate Scott Colom a line of attack in next year's election against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. It is an ...

There is a chance that a rare case — not a pandemic but a single occurrence of bipartisanship on a health care issue — could break out in the U.S. Congress before the end of the year. Such cases are ...

A new grassroots movement is developing that would allow public money to follow what we'll call the "recreator," or a person who participates in recreational activity. It makes sense. Why should a ...

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison: The expected rising costs for health insurance could give Democratic candidate Scott Colom a line of attack in next year's election against ...