The Latest Breaking News from Mississippi

Court turns away case on law implemented over a century ago with explicit goal of preventing Black people from voting

From Justice Jackson's opinion, joined by Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from the denial of certiorari today in Harness v. Watson: The President of the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention said it plain: "Let us tell the truth if it bursts the bottom of the Universe … We came here to exclude the…

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that requires people to get permission from state police before protesting near government buildings in the capital city of Jackson

Firings came came two weeks after Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker made the shocking claims and filed federal lawsuit

The U.S. Labor Department says 44 farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants on temporary work visas

For this group we pulled the all-time great high school quarterbacks from teams in the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Increase in special elections seen in both House and Senate, driven by various factors

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Mississippi deputies accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired

James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what he believes was his mission from God: conquering white supremacy in the segregated state of Mississippi

Civil rights icon James Meredith fell outside the Mississippi Capitol at an event marking his 90th birthday