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Ohio’s New State Legislative Maps Are Unconstitutional – Here’s Why

This year, Ohio is the first state to pass statewide maps and is exhibiting what unfairly apportioned electoral district boundaries look like.

September 24, 2021

Supreme Court sets date to hear Mississippi abortion case challenging Roe v. Wade

Mary Grace Eppes | WAPT | September 20, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. - The U.S. Supreme Court has set oral arguments for Dec. 1 in Mississippi's abortion case challenging Roe v. Wade.

September 20, 2021

DeSoto and Harrison have most Mississippi residents per mile

Emily Wagster Pettus | Associated Press | August 12, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s two most densely populated counties are on the far northern and southern ends of the state, according to 2020 census numbers released Thursday.

August 12, 2021

Documents Foreshadow a Grim Future for COVID-19 Spread in Federal Prisons

What happens when federal prison staff speak out on the dangers ravaging their facility during COVID-19? Almost nothing, it seems.

August 10, 2021

Mississippi attorney general takes on Roe v. Wade

Cecil Hannibal | WAPT | July 31, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. - Attorney General Lynn Fitch said she is excited to take on a 1973 ruling that legalizes abortion nationwide.

August 2, 2021

Legislators set public redistricting hearings, complete with live-streaming

Bobby Harrison|Mississippi Today|July 12, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. - The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have scheduled nine public hearings across the state to garner public input.

July 12, 2021