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 ...

A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday.. Inside a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Friday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an ...

The map was approved by the state’s Senate on Wednesday and passed in the Louisiana House by a landslide 86-16 vote. The map soon heads to the desk of Gov. Jeff Landry (R), who was sworn into ...

— 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 state’s Black ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed a bill Monday approving new Congressional maps that will create a second majority-Black district. The Louisiana state legislature approved the updated Con… ...

Lawmakers in Louisiana have until the end of the month “to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by ...

At issue is whether the state's congressional map, updated twice since the 2020 census, is an illegal racial gerrymander. It has faced two federal court challenges – first, for diluting minority ...

Last year, a group of Black voters and advocacy organizations won their lawsuit in the Middle District of Louisiana challenging district lines for the Louisiana State Senate and House of ...

A group of mostly White voters that is challenging Louisiana’s proposed congressional districts called the map “morally repugnant” in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday.

A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday. Inside a ...