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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.

Under the current map, in Graves’ district 23% of the voting-age population is Black. With the proposed map, that number would increase to 54%. Louisiana is among the list of states still wrangling ...

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 ...

That initial map from the GOP-led legislature had one majority-Black district. African-Americans make up nearly one-third of Louisiana's population.. The judge blocked the state from conducting ...

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.