The discrimination lawsuit said Kristie Metcalfe was paid "significantly less" than her white co-workers for 8 years.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit Friday against the Mississippi state Senate for discriminating against a former Black staffer. The woman, a former staff attorney in the state’s Legislative Services Office,

A Black attorney who formerly worked on the staff of the Republican-controlled Mississippi State Senate was the target of illegal racial discrimination, the Department of Justice alleged Friday.

Friday's lawsuit alleges Kristie Metcalfe, the only Black attorney at the Mississippi State Senate, was paid about half the salary of her colleagues.

The Mississippi State Senate paid a Black staff attorney $40,000 to $60,000 less per year than her White colleagues were paid.

In the 34 years prior to Ms. Metcalfe’s hire, the LSO employed only white attorneys. The Senate Rules Committee determines the salary for the office's staff. According to the complaint, Metcalfe had tried to ask the then-Senate Rules Committee Chairman ...

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi State Senate for discriminating against a Black former staff attorney in its Legislative Services Office.

The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for the same job