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The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Support ...
A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to delay its ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map and will rehear the case later. ...
The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new ...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields represents the second majority-Black 6th Congressional District that include Shreveport.
Louisiana's congressional map is currently under legal challenge, with a decision expected soon from the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Several sites along the Natchitoches Trace have been labeled as a persistent place, which is to say a place that has been ...
The Centre de la Louisiane sign, marking the geographic center of Louisiana, stands on Old River Road in Mansura, about 5 ...
Click to enlarge. | Courtesy of Consumer Affairs For the second year in a row, Louisiana came out on top in the Consumer Affairs’ road rage study, with a score of 100/100. Around 58 percent of ...
Road construction and repair is arguably the most visible sign of government at work, so it’s no surprise that the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development – with an $19 billion backlog ...
The plan adopted reconfigured Louisiana's 6th Congressional District to adhere to the district court's order and bring the map into compliance with the Voting Rights Act, state officials said.
Now, the State of Louisiana and a group of Black voters, including LDF, are defending the current map. “It is absolutely unusual that we are on the same side as the state.