A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River and its tributaries. One popular example was shared to X (archived) on Aug.

A Minecraft player creates a highly detailed replica of Mississippi, impressing residents and Minecraft enthusiasts alike. The impressive map is a 1:20 scale recreation using the Java version, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has ordered Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps in several areas after concluding those maps unlawfully dilute the voting strength of Black ...

A federal court has ordered Mississippi to redraw parts of its legislative map on the grounds that the current Republican-drawn one discriminates against black voters. In a 119-page decision released ...

The city of Seville awoke early, the old streets alive with singing birds and distant bells. The cobblestone alleys smelled faintly of hidden gardens. I’d flown here for a chance to hold a ...

Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District is set to expand greatly in size after a committee of Mississippi lawmakers voted Wednesday morning to finalize a proposal for the redrawing of the state's ...

A federal court has ordered the state of Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps because it dilutes the voting strength of Black Mississippians. The panel of three judges ruled that ...

A U.S. district court in Mississippi ruled Tuesday that three state congressional maps crafted in 2022 by the state’s Republican-led legislature violated the Voting Rights Act and dilute the Black ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court building in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. (Photographs in the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library ...

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JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court yesterday ruled that remedial state Senate maps passed by the Legislature earlier this year still do not remedy unlawful vote dilution in the DeSoto County area. New ...