Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that gives the state a second Black-majority US House district and likely puts at risk a Republican-controlled seat. The legislative ...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves. In the ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Louisiana lawmakers can use race as a factor when drawing congressional maps, a closely watched case that could impact voters nationwide in the 2026 ...

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 ...

Jan. 19 (UPI) --To comply with a previous court ruling, Louisiana lawmakers approved a new congressional map Friday that increases the total number of majority-Black districts. While Louisiana's ...

FORTH, LOUISIANA WILL HAVE TWO MAJORITY BLACK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. THE SUPREME COURT HAD THE FINAL CALL ORDERING LOUISIANA TO HOLD CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS USING A MAP APPROVED BY LAWMAKERS DURING ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana is in the national spotlight as the nation’s highest court prepares to hear a case involving the state’s redrawn congressional districts. And, depending on what the ...

Louisiana's Legislature has delayed spring primary elections by about one month. The postponement is in anticipation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the state's congressional map. Republicans hope ...

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 ...

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 ...