Nearly six decades on, FOIA remains a cornerstone of democracy—and despite delays, loopholes and denials in state laws, the ...

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. ...

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 ...

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.

Louisiana's congressional map has twice been challenged in federal court since it was updated in the wake of the 2020 census, which found that the state's Black residents now totaled one-third of ...