Louisiana lawmakers have so far filed seven maps to consider in a special session brought about after a federal court rejected a congressional redistricting proposal they approved earlier this year.

As lawmakers ready for a February session to redraw Louisiana’s political districts, advances in technology have added a new wrinkle to the once-a-decade debates, with advocacy groups and people ...

Louisiana’s current map with two majority-Black districts remains in effect. The re-argument of the case will likely occur during the fall. Louisiana’s current congressional map, known as S.B. 8, was ...

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 ...

Opponents of Louisiana’s Republican-drawn political maps are optimistic the state could soon have new maps that include a second majority-Black congressional district, after the U.S. Supreme ...

Black Louisiana voters and civil rights advocates call for a fair congressional map in Louisiana v. Callais at the Supreme Court on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images ...

A federal appeals court on Friday agreed with a lower-court ruling that Louisiana’s latest congressional map very likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters, and ...

A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday. Inside a ...

NOAA removes 40 place names from official maps Louisiana has lost more than 1%2C800 miles of coast since the 1930s Local groups are suing oil and gas companies to fund projects GRAND BAYOU VILLAGE ...

New Orleans Street Flooding Map, Updates as Louisiana Swamped by 'Life Threatening' Rain. Published May 10, 2021 at 9:24 AM EDT. By . Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K.

G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.