A three-judge panel rejected Louisiana's recently redrawn congressional map last week, throwing a wrench into election planning for the fall. Why it matters: The state's top elections official has ...
That initial map from the GOP-led legislature had one majority-Black district. African-Americans make up nearly one-third of Louisiana's population. The judge blocked the state from conducting ...
During the hearing, Louisiana officials argued that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature did not draw the map with race as the primary factor. The state said the map was also designed ...
In a stunning rejection of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana voters turned down all four of his constitutional ...
The Supreme Court seemed divided over the breadth of its decision over the legality of a second black-majority district in Louisiana.