The amendment, part of a pending transportation bill, marks the Gulf Coast's 'most important conservation victory in a decade,' advocates say.

The controversial amendment defines a fertilized egg as a legal person; the law would make abortion illegal without exception, as well as some forms of birth control and in-vitro fertilization.

A new proposal would expand offshore drilling in U.S. waters, but it's drawing fire from supporters as well as critics of the oil and gas industry.

The widespread weed found in Mississippi is more commonly located in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.