Barbour, Booker discuss Washington gridlock

Lawmakers were told that Mississippi was one of only two states in the nation where the governor's office had a role in administering the program. Lawmakers plan to reconvene next week to hear from the state's project director.

The Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners asked the U.S. District Court to allow additional discovery and briefs ahead of oral arguments in the judicial redistricting case. State Senator Derrick Simmons and his fellow plaintiffs, represented by the SPLC and ACLU, say that isn't needed.