A federal judge ordered special elections after earlier ordering the state to redraw the electoral map used to select justices, concluding the current configuration dilutes the power of Black voters.

The counting came down to the wire and took several days, but eventually after the opening of mail-in absentee and affidavit ballots, the race came to a tight conclusion Friday afternoon. State Sen.

Mississippi voters have dealt defeat to one conservative state Supreme Court justice and forced a moderate justice into a Nov. 26 runoff, with the final outcome possibly making the court more open to ...

A federal judge previously ruled the state would have to redraw the district lines for the Mississippi Supreme Court, saying ...

This November, tens of millions of voters will select Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump to be president for the next four years. But, the presidency is just one piece of ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Black death row inmate in Mississippi — and one particular element of the ...

JACKSON, Miss — A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, after finding the map dilutes the power of Black voters. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled the ...

State Sen. Jenifer Branning and Justice Jim Kitchens were locked in a closely contested runoff for a Mississippi Supreme Court seat late Tuesday, with votes still being counted. Meanwhile, Amy St. Pe' ...

For the fifth straight year, lawmakers will debate restoring Mississippi’s ballot initiative when they convene at the Capitol ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will review the death sentence of Terry Pitchford in a case that could clarify how rigorously courts must enforce constitutional protections against racial discrimination in ...

The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a Mississippi death row inmate whose case involved a prosecutor with a history of ...

The justices will consider constitutionality of pre-viability abortion bans. The lone abortion clinic in Mississippi is warning the U.S. Supreme Court that any move to undermine a half century of ...