Mississippi Politics Information Directory

Cops: Missing Oil Exec's Body Found in Mississippi River. Mar 10, 2010 US. Police confirm the body pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday is missing Houston oil executive Douglas Schantz. Read the full story. Categories. Politics ...

This should be an interesting event because the Generals Quarters is owned by a lady who runs the blog for the Mississippi Magnolias chapter of Smart Girl politics and she also post on this site. Big Ross supported. ...

Mississippi Gun Sales Tax Holiday: Good Politics, Terrible Policy. by Mark Robyn. Lawmakers in Mississippi are considering a bill that would create an annual sales tax holiday for certain firearms and ammunition over the weekend ...

Rader postpones politics, takes coaching job at Mississippi. Former Tulsa football coach Dave Rader has set aside his political ambitions for now and accepted a job as co-offensive coordinator/quarterback coach for The University of ...

Decades after a deadly riot over integration at Ole Miss marred the state's reputation, Mississippi has another opportunity in the worldwide media spotlight this week.

Another snowy day was expected over the central part of the country Wednesday as two low pressure systems were forecast to combine over the Plains. A system that brought snow and rain to the Northern and Central High Plains would slowly move toward ...

A White house working group of high-level federal officials on Thursday outlined a road map for speeding up the development and construction of coastal restoration projects in Louisiana and Mississippi, and pledged to raise coastal restoration to the ...

First Lady Michelle Obama brings her anti-childhood obesity drive to Mississippi -- the country's most overweight state -- on Wednesday, when she will appear with GOP Gov. Haley Barbour, who has left the door open to a 2012 White House run. Barbour ...

The corps is taking public comments on the application from Gulf Coast Marine Inc., which says it seeks to complete improvements to a ship mooring site that was authorized in 2003. The deadline for comments is March 23, according to the corps. More ...

In a time when few Mississippi women earned law degrees or entered politics, Gandy did both successfully. In a public service career that spanned four decades, Gandy, a Democrat, was the first woman in Mississippi ever elected state representative ...

Among the construction sites where work will be halted: the $36 million replacement of the Humpback Bridge on the George Washington Parkway in Virginia; $15 million in bridge construction and stream rehabilitation in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and the ...

In a time when few Mississippi women earned law degrees or entered politics, Gandy did both successfully. Gandy fell short in two bids for the governorship, in 1979 and 1983, losing each time in a primary runoff for the Democratic nomination.

First lady Michelle Obama visited Jackson, Miss. Wednesday and watched children play on swings and a jungle gym at a school whose programs have been lauded for fighting obesity by keeping kids active. It was the first of her two stops in Mississippi ...

Mississippi congressman Gene Taylor (D-MS) (2nd R) speaks of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina alongside (L-R) Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Democratic leader Harry ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he’s keeping the door open to a possible 2012 presidential run — but just a crack. The Republican told The Washington Post over the weekend that he’s spoken with former President George W. Bush ...