Taylor Vance

Litigation began in 2022 when a group of Black voters and politicians sued, alleging that the state Supreme Court districts violate the Voting Rights Act. A federal judge in a ruling last year agreed with the plaintiffs.

Legislative leaders are close to finalizing a deal on reforming Mississippi's youth court system and expect Gov.

Colom said in his hometown of Columbus that if elected, he will push Congress to pass a measure that would give independent investigators “more teeth” to enforce ethics laws for congressional officials, require public officials to disclose more of their financial information, and establish an ethics office in the U.S. Senate.

The goal of the bill is to scrap Mississippi's current disjointed youth court system. Only 24 of Mississippi's 82 counties have a full-time judge handling youth court cases. In most of these instances, county court judges handle youth court matters. But not every county has a county court.

Lawmakers, and a youth court overhaul, were in limbo for hours over a push to change pharmacy benefit manager laws

Wilson has served as a circuit court judge in northwestern Mississippi since February 2017.

Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act.

The Mississippi Legislature is holding redistricting hearings in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling diluting Black voting strength.

Mississippi lawmakers launch redistricting process after Supreme Court ruling

Attorney General Lynn Fitch kicked off her statewide tour promoting her campaign for governor by promising to speed up the income tax elimination, improve healthcare outcomes and work to make Mississippi more affordable.