In a new lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice accused the Mississippi state Senate of severely underpaying a Black staff attorney for years. Federal officials allege that the state Senate discriminated against former staff attorney Kristie Metcalf and paid her a much lower salary than her white colleagues during her eight years working in the Senate’s Legislative Services Office (LSO),

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

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 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,

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