Jackson voters weigh in April 1 on key races including mayor, with an April 22 runoff likely for the crowded Democratic field ...

The remaining plaintiffs in the case are organizations representing Latino and Black voters, with a trial set to begin May 21 ...

State legislators have introduced measures that would prohibit schools from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion offices.

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state ...

"We're in the business of complying with federal court decisions," said Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga.

On July 2, 2024, the court ordered Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps in several areas after concluding ... in the state of the right to participate equally in the political process ...

The U.S. Justice Department withdrew from a lawsuit alleging that Texas’ legislative and congressional district maps drawn after the 2020 U.S. Census discriminated against Latino and Black ...

University of Mississippi is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. University of Mississippi confers degrees through various schools ...

Shunned by colleagues at first, he became a political force in the state. By Adam Nossiter Robert G. Clark Jr., who became the first Black person to sit in the Mississippi State Legislature since ...