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The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Louisiana electoral map that has two of the state's six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for use in the Nov. 5 election - a ruling on ...
Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...
MONROE, La. (CN) — Three federal court judges ruled that Louisiana cannot use its new congressional map for 2024 elections, following a three-day trial earlier this month in a redistricting battle ...
Arguments in the case centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law barring ...
A new map shows how parts of Louisiana could be swallowed up by the sea if ocean levels rise, amid warnings from experts that coastal states are likely to be among those worst-hit by climate ...
Louisiana’s New Congressional Map—With More Black Districts—Considered by U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether the new map will be officially implemented.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for Louisiana to use a congressional map in this year’s election that includes two majority-Black districts.
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — A proposed Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district, which could deliver another U.S. House seat to Democrats, received bipartisan support and ...
Alabama, Georgia and Ohio face congressional map controversies Washington — Republican officials in Louisiana asked the Supreme Court on Friday to step into a long-running dispute over the state ...
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional ...
Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that gives the state a second Black-majority US House district and likely puts at risk a Republican-controlled seat.