State Senate, House maps approved without adding any Black districts to Louisiana 89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Paul Braun Published February 14, 2022 at 7:45 PM CST ...

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 ...

A coalition of civil rights groups led by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and ACLU filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana Monday over its newly-passed district maps for the state Senate and ...

The Republican-controlled state House and Senate took a major step Monday toward approving new legislative maps that would solidify the huge GOP advantage in each chamber for the next decade.

Newly drawn state House and Senate district maps illegally dilute Black voting power and "embody Louisiana's legacy of discrimination," a lawsuit claims. The suit, filed late Monday in U.S ...

On Feb. 10, a federal court ruled that Louisiana’s House and Senate voting district maps violated Section Two of the Voting Rights Act and diluted the voting power of Black residents in the state.

NEW ORLEANS — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., (LDF), Cozen O’Connor, Ron Wilson, and John Adock filed a federal lawsuit today on ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — New state House and Senate boundary lines drawn up by the Louisiana Legislature in 2022 dilute Black voting strength in violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act, a federal ...

Senate Bill 15, by Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, also leaves the 25-year-old Supreme Court district map mostly the same, retaining only one majority-minority district. “The Supreme 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 ...

It now moves to the House. The map proposed by State Rep. Glen Womack has a second majority-Black district, which could give another U.S. House seat to the Democratic Party. Womack said politics ...