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Times are tough. The economy is tanking. But there is a silver lining. 40- million dollars up for grabs and it belongs to Mississippians.

PETAL - Funding to rebuild and repair deficient Mississippi bridges could come from a needed gasoline tax increase, according to Mississippi Department of Transportation officials.

A state auction of more than 855,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes could happen as early as September, State Auditor Stacey Pickering said.

Political old-timers say they don't recall state government ever starting the fiscal year in July without the Legislature and governor having approved the budget.

MISSISSIPPI'S INSURANCE COMMISSIONER HAD QUITE A SURPRISE TODAY FOR LEFLORE COUNTY OFFICIALS.

Court officials in Mississippi's capital city collected about $130,000 in overdue fines during a two-day amnesty event.

Caregiving collaboration to support minority caregivers CHICAGO, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today at AARP's 2009 Diversity and Aging Conference, the AARP Foundation announced a $1.1 million gift from the Harrah's Foundation to help current and former caregivers meet caregiving responsibilities while building their own long-term financial ...

Money, or the lack thereof, was a topic for Monday's meeting of the Lauderdale County Council of Governments.

A Mississippi defendant in the Stanford Financial civil case is objecting to some property the court-appointed receiver was trying to sell in an effort to recoup money lost in an alleged investment fraud.

By JOEL McNEECE Ace Cannon, Godfather of Sax, will join his friends for a concert on the Calhoun City Square Saturday, May 30 to culminate the 3rd Annual Ace Cannon Festival.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing money for projects at several airports around the state, according to Mississippi senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker.

When Leakesville volunteer firefighter Scottie Holland was injured in January, it could have crippled him physically and financially.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation spends millions of tax dollars a year picking up litter.

April 23, 1959 * The church building of St. Matthews Episcopal Mission in Kosciusko, will be dedicated by the Right Reverend Duncan M. Gray, Bishop of Mississippi, on Friday night, May 1, at 7:30 according to a spokesman for the church.

A Gautier church today is opening a free medical clinic in what used to be its youth center.

The state Tax Commission voted Tuesday to decrease the discount people receive for tag renewal.

Looking for a way to save money on your utility bills? You could learn how on Tuesday.

The Tupelo City Council has voted unanimously to reject the application of a company seeking to open a dirt mine inside the city limits.

North carolina A&T students are bringing Emmett Till's story to a Triad stage. The play written and performed by A&T students, documents Till's gruesome murder in Money, Mississippi at the age of 14.

Mississippi man's body found in La. bayou WESTDALE, La. - The body of a 22-year-old Mississippi man was found Wednesday, in a bayou under the Northwest Louisiana bridge from which he fell the day before and drowned.