Mississippi Senate sued by DOJ for financial discrimination against a Black woman attorney employee named Kristie Metcalfe

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

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for doing the same job, the U.S. Justice Department says in a lawsuit it filed Friday. “Discriminatory ...

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.

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the Mississippi Senate for racial discrimination of a former Black attorney.

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