The Mississippi State Permit Board failed in its duties when it rubber stamped the Port Authority’s plan to build a military facility near Black community, allowed unresolved concerns about the potential for explosives storage near homes, and ignored demands for more suitable locations.

Last night, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), MacArthur Justice Center, Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), and ACLU of Mississippi (ACLU-MS) filed a brief in the Mississippi Supreme Court to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging H.B. 1020.

Lawsuit challenges bill that blocks most Mississippians from helping friends, neighbors deliver absentee ballots

Plaintiffs say plain language of Constitution supports their claims.

Lawsuit Says Circuit Judges Must Be Elected and CCID Court is Illegitimate

Mississippi governor signs laws to disenfranchise, disempower, and over-police Jackson residents

Today, House Bill 1310, an obscene attack on voting rights in Mississippi, was sent to Governor Tate Reeves for signing.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi (ACLU of Mississippi) sent a letter to Governor Tate Reeves urging him to veto HB 1125, a bill that would ban medical treatment for transgender youth under 18 years of age, effective immediately.

Tuesday night, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 1020, a plan that increases policing, strips voting and political power away from the majority Black citizens of Jackson, and diverts tax dollars away from communities in need.