A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday. Inside a packed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal court panel's divided decision to throw out Louisiana's congressional boundaries has left the state without a map to hold the Nov. 5 election and less than two weeks to produce one before ...

The move from the high court comes after a ruling the justices issued earlier this month about Alabama’s congressional maps that upheld how courts have historically approached the redistricting ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that was used in the 2024 elections and includes two majority-Black districts. The ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow Louisiana to use for the 2024 elections a congressional map that includes a second district where the majority of voters are Black, ...

The Republican-controlled Louisiana state Legislature passed a new congressional map Friday that creates a second Black-majority district in the state. The state House voted 86-16 and the state Senate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aerial view of Louisiana State Capitol building (Photo credit: Wesley Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) District maps for seats in the ...

The Louisiana state legislature on Friday approved a new congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts after being ordered to do so by a federal court that found that the existing map ...

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 ...