When it comes to politics, one woman knocked down barriers decades ago at the Mississippi State Capitol. Former State Rep.

Senator Laphonza Butler discusses her rapid transition to the Senate, the power of connection, and creating opportunities for ...

The Clarion-Ledger’s legislative correspondent, Grant McLaughlin, recently reported that State Sen. Kevin Blackwell of ...

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

It goes without saying that Barack Obama is one of the most popular and famous politicians in American politics. Before his ...

National Weather Service has released its spring forecast. Mississippi will be warm. Be ready for storms and severe weather, ...

The Senate has yet to come out with a plan to redraw the state's legislative districts, but the House has passed its proposal onward.

Search Mississippi criminal justice bills as they move through the legislature. This is The Marshall Project - Jackson’s ...

Hattiesburg could possibly get a new legislator once Mississippi lawmakers redraw district lines after a federal court ordered a new plan.

A new report explores the disproportionately high death rate among Black women in the Delta from cervical cancer.

A lawsuit filed by the Mississippi Conference of NAACP ... in the 122-member House (34.4%) and 15 Black majority districts in the 52-member Senate (28.8%). The Lawyers for Civil Rights, American ...

The Mississippi House approved a resolution that would allow five seats in the chamber to be re-decided in a special election ...