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 ...

In this case, the plaintiffs, who identify themselves as non-African American Louisiana residents, say the state relied too heavily on race when drawing a second majority-Black district for the ...

After the trial, both sides - the state of Louisiana and the plaintiffs ... reasonable period of time" to address her rulings and re-draw the maps. Our media partners at The Advocate posted ...

Landry said the state would have been deprived of the chance to defend itself if Dick had been allowed to proceed, and “the Louisiana Legislature would have lost the opportunity to draw a new ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide a thorny legal dispute from Louisiana involving the state's effort to draw a congressional district map while navigating claims it is ...

After the 2020 census, Louisiana needed to draw a new map for its six congressional districts. Although roughly a third of the state’s population is Black, the map that the legislature enacted in 2022 ...

"When they said 'draw a second majority-black,' that's what we did." Welcome to Louisiana sign. Grandriver/Getty Images A group of non-black voters sued the state, alleging the Louisiana ...

A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...

WASHINGTON − Louisiana last year sent two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in almost three decades under a congressional map being challenged as unfair to the state’s non ...