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. The legislative ...

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 advanced ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, the Louisiana Legislature passed a map that creates a second majority-Black congressional district after being granted a final opportunity to pass a map before a federal ...

Louisiana is on track to have a new congressional map after the Legislature on Friday finalized a proposal that adds a second majority-Black district, a victory for civil rights groups who have been ...

Louisiana's map is set to shrink again next year as federal officials recognize the ongoing effects of sea level rise on the ...

The state of Louisiana and a group of Black Louisiana voters have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on a lower court order that is blocking Louisiana from using the state's new congressional ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hold a hearing this week regarding the congressional maps of Louisiana. The court will hear arguments in the case of Callais v. Louisiana.

A federal appeals court on Friday shot down a last-ditch legal effort to stop the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional maps, rejecting Louisiana officials’ request to apply a separate court’s ...

A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority ...

The Louisiana Purchase stands as one of the most pivotal events in American history. In 1803, an incredible deal with France was made by the United States, under President Thomas Jefferson’s ...

Louisianans are living in a time of profound consequence where political ideology and political identity are at the center of fundamental questions impacting the state’s constitution, congressional ...