The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid ...

Friday's lawsuit alleges Kristie Metcalfe, the only Black attorney at the Mississippi State Senate, was paid about half the ...

According to the lawsuit, the Senate paid the former staff attorney “about half the salary of her white colleagues." ...

A Black attorney who formerly worked on the staff of the Republican-controlled Mississippi State Senate was the target of ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit Friday against the Mississippi state Senate for discriminating against a ...

Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are the latest shock to Mississippi’s capital, where a federally appointed ...

Three prominent Mississippi officials, including Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody ...

A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it was illegal for states ... The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it found a series of civil rights violations by a small-town Mississippi police ...

As the Nov. 5 general election nears, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Mississippi appointed two monitors to investigate voter ...

and its police department deprive people of their constitutional rights, discriminate against Black people, engage in excessive force and unlawfully jail people, the U.S. Justice Department announced ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a ...

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