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Video: Breaking down Louisiana v. Callais, the SCOTUS case that might upend Black voting rights
Phillip Callais is suing Louisiana over its new congressional maps—not because they limit Black representation, but because they increase it.
Apr 6
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The Mississippi Independent
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The District
How 60 years of organizing built Mississippi's most important congressional seat—and the Supreme Court case that could destroy it
Apr 3
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Derrion Arrington
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Black lawmakers suspect effort to eliminate their districts likely not over
Author of measure does not respond to request for comment
Mar 31
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Derrion Arrington
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GOP senator moves to eliminate majority-Black districts as Supreme Court ruling nears
A Republican state senator filed a resolution that would rescind the election of two Black state senators if the Supreme Court guts Section 2 of the…
Mar 31
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Derrion Arrington
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State budget: 'Disappointing' $2K teacher pay raises approved as PERS funding stalls
Mississippi legislators worked through Sunday evening on March 29, 2026, to adopt the bulk of a roughly $7.4 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2027…
Mar 30
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Derrion Arrington
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As Trump supports pesticide makers, new studies highlight Mississippi Delta cancer concerns
A majority of Mississippi Delta counties contain cancer clusters linked to the high use of controversial herbicides, according to two recently published…
Mar 27
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Christopher Harress
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Jackson airport, Mississippi’s busiest, faces possible shutdown amid DHS funding standoff
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport could face closure as a prolonged DHS funding impasse strains TSA staffing
Mar 25
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Christopher Harress
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Legislature passes law making it harder to vote
Progressive nonprofits object; one also files suit over inmate death records
Mar 24
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Video: What dismantling of Voting Rights Act could mean for you
The U.S.
Mar 24
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Mississippi cities to protest against Trump administration's authoritarian policies
A planned peaceful protest in Hattiesburg will be among the demonstrations across the United States focused on the Trump administration’s…
Mar 21
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Mississippi's child care crisis, explained
Deadline today for addressing it in the legislature
Mar 20
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Derrion Arrington
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Former parole board member sent back to jail for violating house arrest: Simple irony, or evidence of flawed process?
Governor offers no response to questions about Philip Moran’s appointment
Mar 19
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Derrion Arrington
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Opinion: If you want change, show up
by Margaret McMullan
Mar 18
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Prison deaths: Legislature can’t agree on how — or even whether—to address them
In the first week of March 2026, as the Mississippi Legislature approached one of its final procedural deadlines, Rep.
Mar 17
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Derrion Arrington
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‘Please, Judge, Help Me’: A letter from jail, then an unexplained death
Monquel Nason begged for dialysis and medical care before becoming one of a growing number of Mississippi prison death cases in which families have been…
Mar 16
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Christopher Harress
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Voting rights groups prepare for pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Louisiana lawsuit could seal the deal in rolling back Voting Rights Act protections
Mar 12
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Nic Hayes
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