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 ...

Jan. 19 (UPI) --To comply with a previous court ruling, Louisiana lawmakers approved a new congressional map Friday that increases the total number of majority-Black districts. While Louisiana's ...

A view of the Mississippi River and downtown Baton Rouge from the Louisiana State Capitol’s observation deck on Nov. 12, 2021. Louisiana lawmakers on a Senate committee advanced a new state Supreme ...

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 ...

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 ...

Louisiana's map is set to shrink again next year as federal officials recognize the ongoing effects of sea level rise on the ...

A group of mostly White voters that is challenging Louisiana’s proposed congressional districts called the map “morally repugnant” in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday. The high court is ...

A federal court judge has ruled that Louisiana’s state legislative maps must be redrawn because they violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes. U.S. District Chief Judge Shelly Dick handed ...

May 15 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily cleared the way for Louisiana to use a voting map with two majority-Black districts in this year's election, a decision that could help Democrats ...

A federal appeals court on Friday shot down a last-ditch legal effort to stop the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional maps, rejecting Louisiana officials’ request to apply a separate court’s ...

Lawmakers in Louisiana have until the end of the month “to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the ...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) late Wednesday vetoed new congressional district maps advanced by the Republican-controlled state legislature, potentially throwing another state mapmaking process ...