BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) selected two South Mississippi high school students to take part in the 63rd Annual USSYP Washington Week, which runs March 1 -8.

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...

After graduating from Pontotoc High School in 1969, the Senator went on to earn two degrees from the University of Mississippi and serve in the United States Airforce. Wicker has served as ...

Mississippi will see five special elections later this year because several lawmakers are leaving for personal reasons or ...

Two United States senators made news in the same week in March ... when he was in law school in Mississippi. He set up a law practice in his native state, and she was an educator. After starting their ...

The United States Congress is comprised of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate, or upper chamber, has 100 seats — two per state. Of these, 34 are up for ...