Courtney Ann Jackson

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Voting rights advocates say they will continue pushing for redistricting reform despite the governor's decision to cancel a special session.

The ruling comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark Louisiana v. Callais case.

Some Mississippians say their driver’s licenses are coming back “invalid” or not scanning at all at TSA checkpoints and retail locations.

Published May 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM GMT+2 | Updated 20 hours ago JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Gov.

Some Mississippians say their licenses are coming back ‘invalid' or not scanning at all Published May 19, 2026 at 8:56 AM EDT |

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Department of Public Safety is responding to reports of some driver's licenses failing to scan at various locations across the state.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Hundreds gathered for a Mississippi Day of Action on the same day of the originally scheduled date of a special session on redistricting.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The NAACP is calling on student athletes to boycott Southern schools in response to redistricting debates, launching a campaign that targets the financial impact of Black athletes at state universities.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Three Republican senators said this week that Mississippi's redistricting process has not yet reached the point of new maps, responding to protests and warnings from Democrats and civil rights groups.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The legal ground shifted with the Callais decision at the U.S. Supreme Court. But Mississippi's election calendar is already in motion.