HAMPTON – Has Barbour convinced you a grocery tax cut is a tax hike?

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also eased this week. That average rate slipped to 6.68% from 6.71% last week.

The Mississippi Republican Party believes a 19-second AI video depicting Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith fleeing reporters, which Democrat Scott Colom claimed was "based on a true story," violates state law for disseminating a digitization within 90 days of an election that was done with the intent to injure another candidate and influence the results of the election.