“As I have said all along, Louisiana can and should have a congressional map that represents our voting population, which is one-third Black.” “This is about simple math, basic fairness, and ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Friday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the ...

20th, 432. now a new deadline for louisiana lawmakers to redraw our state’s congressional map since a federal judge says the current one violates the voting rights act within a two week with a ...

Driskill Mountain sits with a peak that is merely 535 feet above sea level, but by Louisiana standards it reigns supreme. It's the third lowest highpoint behind Florida's highest point at Britton ...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards officially called for a special session of the legislature to redraw the state's congressional district maps with two majority Black districts instead of one.

A federal appeals court says the Louisiana legislature should get one last chance to revise its congressional district map before a constitutional challenge to the current plan moves forward. A ...

A simple, well-marked 1.9 mile out-and-back trail offers some peaceful nature scenes, and a lookout point near the pile of rocks marking the official summit gives visitors a beautiful view through ...

New majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana closer to reality; see why U.S. Supreme Court sends case over new maps back to appellate court ...

Opponents of Louisiana’s Republican-drawn political maps are optimistic the state could soon have new maps that include a second majority-Black congressional district, after the U.S. Supreme ...

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Louisiana Democrats a victory after it ordered the state Legislature's Republican majority to redraw a congressional map to include a second Black-majority district.