By the date of qualification, the candidate shall have attained the age of 18 years, resided in Louisiana ... State House and Senate Maps crack or pack large and geographically compact minority ...

Things like this are staggeringly common. They've been part of the political landscape well before George H. W. Bush's famous betrayal of his "Read my lips, ...

Alabama has begun appealing its lengthy redistricting fight, seeking to take its racial discrimination case back to the U.S.

Here is a look at some of the cases already argued and decided and still to be decided by the justices. The court on June 5 made it easier for people from majority backgrounds such as white or ...

The Supreme Court is entering its busiest period for deciding important cases. Opinions could drop soon on birthright ...

More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in one Midwest city contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served ...

Decision season is fully underway for the Supreme Court, kicking off a race against the clock to release this term’s opinions before the court’s summer break begins. The justices are set to hand ...

Rural areas struggling with low-income and high unemployment are expected to be among the hardest hit if Republicans' ...

A Louisiana legislative committee has killed two bills that would have added eight new majority Black districts to the state ... Senate, was killed on a party-line 9-6 vote with Republicans prevailing ...

A Louisiana legislative committee has killed two bills that would have added eight new majority Black districts to the state House and Senate ... district map, fell in a 9-5 vote, again along ...