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The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request to speed up Louisiana's congressional map redrawing after a lower court found the map likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

Louisiana's population is shrinking. Large cities — with the exception of Lafayette — and parishes hammered by Hurricane Ida have taken the hardest hits, leading to an overall population ...

Louisiana Republicans pushed the current map through by overriding a veto from term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, who claimed the apportionment diluted the voting power of black residents.

However, judges granted the Legislature one last chance to redraw the map on its own. Lawmakers have until Jan. 30 to do so, or the current map will be put to the test with a trial in district court.

The Louisiana Legislature passed a congressional map with a second majority-Black district on Friday, marking a win for Democrats after a legal battle and political tug-of-war that spanned nearly ...

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 ...