“Louisiana would rather not be here,” the state’s solicitor general, J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, told the justices. Mr. Aguiñaga was adamant that politics, not race, led to the current map.

Lafayette is often referred to as the cultural heart of Louisiana, and it's also one of the sunniest cities in the state.

Louisiana, however, insists it adopted S.B. 8 in response to an earlier federal court order finding that its original map, which included just one Black district, likely violated Section 2 of the ...

The city received an overall score of 23.41 out of 100. Meanwhile, another Mississippi city didn’t fare too well in the rankings, either. Gulfport ranked second-to-last, at no. 181, with an ...

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

Supreme Court grapples with role of race in Louisiana election map dispute. The case could have potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. By Devin Dwyer. March 24, 2025, 3:17 PM.

In parts of north Mississippi, southeast Missouri and west Tennessee, heat index temperatures of 110 degrees are set to hit between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. CT on Saturday.

Hurricane Francine forecast for New Orleans and 7 other Southern cities. Here’s what to expect in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Gulfport, Biloxi, Jackson, Memphis and Little Rock.

In July 2023, the Attorney General announced the state's involvement with the Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama Organized Retail Crime Alliance (LAMA ORCA).

Mississippi’s total investment will be $375,000 over the next three years. Visit Mississippi, the state’s tourism promotion agency, will contribute $150,000 — or $50,000 each year in 2025 ...

MRCTI, which represents 105 cities along the 10 mainstem states of the Mississippi River Basin, is working with Munich Re, a German multinational insurance company, to create the insurance product.