Mississippi will challenge a portion of a federal court's decision ruling the state diluted Black voting power and set 14 ...

A new historical marker reminds Mississippi of one of the state’s most pivotal court cases during the Civil Rights Movement.

On June 12, 2025, Misty Boggs pleaded guilty to practicing law without a license in the Justice Court of Lee County, Mississippi. Justice Court Judge Marilyn Reed sentenced Boggs to six months in the ...

The state's new plan creates a minority majority Senate District 2 in the Northwest corner of the state, partly in Desoto County. It also makes further amendments to Senate District 11, reducing its ...

Once the Legislature sent its new plan to the court, the NAACP challenged the redraw in the Northeast Mississippi and Desoto County areas but not the Hattiesburg area district changes.

A federal three-judge panel has ordered Mississippi officials to develop another legislative map that ensures Black voters in the DeSoto County area have a fair opportunity to elect candidates to ...

To remedy the violation, the court allowed the Legislature to propose a new House map redrawing House districts in the Chickasaw County area and a new Senate map redrawing districts in the DeSoto ...

As Pamela McKelvy, a Desoto County resident, watched attorneys representing her, several Mississippi voters and the NAACP make arguments on Tuesday against two legislative redistricting plans that ...