Minnesota, which also has a house larger than Mississippi’s, has the nation’s largest senate with 67 members. California, the most populous state, has a smaller Legislature than Mississippi.

The state Senate Judiciary A Committee is hoping to tackle Mississippi's broken youth court system in 2025. Hopes to provide funding, new court model ...

A newly released report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concludes that a decision made by former ...

Ten legislative districts will see contested special elections later this year thanks to a court-ordered redistricting.

In a new lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice accused the Mississippi state Senate of severely underpaying a Black staff attorney for years. Federal officials allege that the state Senate ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After being in office for over a decade, Mississippi state Sen. Dean Kirby got challenged in the Republican primary. He won with 70% of the vote. That was in 2003 — and ...

House Speaker Jason White isn't waiting for 2026 to look at some big issues such as school choice, voter access and the state ...

The lawsuit alleges that the Mississippi State Senate paid Kristie Metcalfe half the rate of her white co-workers. On Nov. 8, the Department of Justice announced that it was suing the Mississippi ...

Mississippi Senate leadership on Saturday blasted the House for refusing to show up for a conference weekend to hammer out more than 100 budget proposals. Without a signed budget agreement ...

Mississippi state tax revenues are trending down compared to 2024, ... The state legislature has yet to finalize the budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which begins in July.

The ideal size of a Mississippi Senate district to ensure the federally mandated equal distribution of the population across the state is 56,998. The smallest ideal size is North Dakota at 16,589.