Louisiana lawmakers concluded their 2025 legislative session on Thursday by passing the state’s $51 billion budget.

Photo courtesy Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator. For a fiscal-oriented session, the Louisiana Legislature sure managed to fit in a multitude of bills this year that had nothing to do with the ...

Rep. Phillip Devillier, R-Eunice, on opening day of the 2022 General Session of the Louisiana Legislature, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Baton Rouge, La. STAFF PHOTO BY TRAVIS SPRADLING ...

Photo caption: Louisiana Senators talk during a recess of floor debate on a redistricting map (pictured in background) on Feb. 18, 2022. The map fails to include a second Black district. Photo ...

The Louisiana Legislature approved the amendments during a special session in November, but voters now have the final say. Some voters also have local issues on their ballots. Voting in New ...

At issue is the Louisiana legislature's creation of a Black-majority congressional district. A group of "non-African American" voters sued, claiming the district was an illegal racial gerrymander.