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In redrawing the map, Louisiana lawmakers said they aimed to comply with the district court’s order while also protecting ...
LDWF has announced the 2025 spring inshore shrimp season will close at official sunset on Monday, June 30, 2025, across all ...
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 ...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of ...
The case faces a looming deadline of May 15, when Louisiana's top election official, Republican Secretary of State Nancy Landry, has said the state's congressional map must be finalized in order ...
The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.
Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.
As the top literacy official at the Louisiana Department of Education, Shanna Beber has seen big changes in the way students learn to read. Since 2021, state education officials and lawmakers have ...
The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a high-stakes dispute over the Voting Rights Act and an election map with two ...
NEW-ORLEANS, La., Nov. 20.--Official returns have been received at Baton Rouge from all the parishes in the State, and they were tabulated to-day.
The state's top election official, Republican Kyle Ardoin, appealed the district judge's ruling. Louisiana Republicans have disputed that they are diluting the power of Black voters.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state's top health official and obtained by The ...