In court papers, state officials have said the state has to have a finalized congressional map by May 15 to conduct the state’s elections on time. The judges set a status conference for May 6 in ...

Black Louisianians make up nearly one-third of the voting-age population in the state yet are severely underrepresented in the state’s congressional map, which packed Black voters from the two largest ...

NOAA's map shows how Louisiana would look if sea levels rose by 6 feet. NOAA. Cameron Parish, home to more than 5,600 people according to the 2020 census and known for the Creole Nature Trail ...

Louisiana officials react after the U.S. Supreme Court delayed its ruling on Louisiana's congressional map and will rehear the case, with Justice Clarence Thomas warning that race-based districts ...

Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...

But it's Louisiana's Congressional map that will be the marquee debate. Louisiana's slight population growth over the last 10 years preserved all six of the state's Congressional seats.

Louisiana Middle District U.S. Judge Shelly Dick will now be in charge of drawing her own version of the map for the state. Dick will review both map proposals and draw her own map.

The judge, Shelly D. Dick of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, ordered the State Legislature to produce a revised map of the state’s six congressional ...