From the Wire

Miss. Budgeters Reduce Revenue Estimate for Current YearBudget writers say Mississippi government will have slightly less money to spend during the current fiscal year because of slow economic growth.
GOP Speaker Gunn: Women Lawmakers Like to Be Called 'Girls'Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn has been traveling the state telling voters the same thing months: if you want your man's voice to be heard at the Capitol, you'd better make sure he's a Republican.
Newton Hospital to Close After Federal Payment DowngradePioneer Community Hospital of Newton will close Dec. 1, becoming the fourth Mississippi hospital to close since 2013.
UPDATED: More Than 100 Dead in Paris ShootingsPARIS (AP) — A series of unprecedented attacks on popular night spots killed more than 100 people in the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II, officials said. President Francois Hollande condemned it as a terrorist attack and …
Supreme Court To Hear Texas Abortion Case, No Separate Action on Mississippi AppealWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on its first abortion case in eight years, a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics.
Retired Judge Pickering to Lead Ben Carson Campaign in Miss. A retired federal judge will be the Mississippi chairman of Republican Ben Carson's presidential campaign.
Mike MiddletonHealing a campus riven by student protests over race relations and recent online terror threats isn't just a mandate for interim University of Missouri system president Mike Middleton.
Black Students Around US Address Everyday Racism BOSTON (AP) — It's not always the slurs and the other out-and-out acts of racism. It's the casual, everyday slights and insensitivities.
Community Work Center for Inmates is Closed in Alcorn CountyThe Mississippi Department of Corrections is temporarily closing its community work center in Alcorn County.
Miss. Power Agrees to Charge Less for Part of Kemper PlantMississippi Power Co. said Tuesday it will accept a smaller rate increase for part of the $6.4 billion Kemper County power plant it's building.
Moody's Cuts Mississippi Power Credit Rating After ElectionsA bond rating agency downgraded Mississippi Power Co.'s debt to the lowest investment-grade level, saying the election of two new members of the state Public Service Commission "increases regulatory uncertainty."
Bennie Thompson Announces Support for Hillary ClintonRep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi told The Associated Press he has known Clinton since the 1980s, when he was a Hinds County supervisor and she was an attorney in Arkansas. Her husband, Bill Clinton, was governor there before being elected …
Mississippi State Plans Memorial for Athlete and Father Killed in WreckSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State will host a memorial service on Thursday in honor of a father and son who both played for the Bulldogs and were killed in a car accident on Friday.
University of Missouri President ResignsThe president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as his indifference to racial tensions at the school.
Southern Miss Self-Imposes Postseason Ban for 2nd YearSouthern Mississippi says it is self-imposing a postseason ban for the basketball program for a second straight season because of an ongoing NCAA investigation regarding former coach Donnie Tyndall's tenure.