Louisiana redistricting map blocked by appeals court for diluting Black votes while Supreme Court considers broader case on race-conscious congressional district drawing.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A proposed Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district, which could deliver another U.S. House seat to Democrats, received bipartisan support and advanced ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana on Wednesday abandoned its defense of a political map that elected two Black members of Congress and instead called on the Supreme Court to reject any consideration of race ...

A little over a week after Louisiana officials approved a congressional map with a second majority-Black district as part of an effort to resolve longstanding litigation, the state has been served ...

Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to gut the central provision of the Voting Rights Act and ban any use of race in ...

Efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas and beyond are setting off a flurry of litigation as Republicans and Democrats look to add pickup opportunities in the House ahead of 2026.

Federal judges who recently threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district said Tuesday the state Legislature must pass a new map by June 3 or face having the ...

(LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR) - Black Louisiana state lawmakers want a state judge to force Attorney General Liz Murrill to resume ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the ...

Louisiana Attorney General Lizz Murrill's argument that race be ignored in congressional redistricting is a direct challenge ...

Photo caption: Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of the special session in the House Chamber on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP, Pool) A proposed ...