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 ...

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. Eastern, Jan. 19: Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday that included a second majority-Black district. The legislation — Senate Bill 8 — now heads to Republican ...

Judges for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Louisiana's request to allow it to enforce its long-stalled congressional redistricting map, delivering a near-term blow to Republicans in the ...

Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that likely ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has a new congressional map, with a second majority-Black district, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed it into law on Monday. The new map is a win for Black voters ...

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 diluting the ...

A new map shows how parts of Louisiana could be swallowed up by the sea if ocean levels rise, amid warnings from experts that coastal states are likely to be among those worst-hit by climate change.

Louisiana's map is set to shrink again next year as federal officials recognize the ongoing effects of sea level rise on the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided to delay its ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map and will rehear the case later. Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed, saying the ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...

The thorny question has quietly found its way before the U.S. Supreme Court again, ensnared in a major legal battle over the Voting Rights Act that could further gut the landmark law and make it ...