The Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee approved new state Senate and congressional district maps Friday over objections from Democrats and others calling for more minority ...

The Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee approved new state Senate and congressional district maps Friday over objections from Democrats and others calling for more minority ...

Civil rights groups have said Louisiana, with its 33% Black population, needs as many as nine additional majority-minority districts in the House and four in the Senate to come into compliance ...

Louisiana's Senate passed a new congressional map Tuesday that would keep the current design largely intact, rejecting an attempt to increase the number of majority-Black districts. If Senate Bill ...

Lawmakers in Louisiana approved the state's new congressional map Friday which increases the total number of majority-Black districts to comply with a previous court ruling.

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Senate voted 27-11 Wednesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that would provide two majority-minority districts and has the support of Gov. Jeff Landry.

Under competing proposals presented Wednesday, district lines in the Louisiana Senate would be drawn to maintain an overwhelming White, Republican supermajority. At stake, however, is the share of ...

The new maps maintain the status quo of majority-Black districts in the Senate and House, though Louisiana’s Black population has grown since the state’s last redistricting session took place.

BATON ROUGE -- The Senate adopted a congressional redistricting plan Tuesday based on more regional, horizontal districts and rejected a rival map that featured vertical districts along the ...

In your Breakdown: The Louisiana Senate will now choose between three maps to redistrict the Louisiana Supreme Court. To stream WWL TV on your phone, you need the WWL TV app. Download the WWL TV app ...

LOUISIANA, USA — Wednesday afternoon during a special session, the senate passed a map drawn up by Governor Jeff Landry. It would create a second majority-Black district out of the seat ...

New versions of Louisiana's Supreme Court maps with two majority-Black districts advanced on Wednesday. Lawmakers hope a new map will end an ongoing legal fight.