Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow Louisiana ... to come up with a new map that included an additional majority-minority congressional district.

Republican Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow's new 5th Congressional District features population shifts below Interstate ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has a new congressional map, with a second majority-Black district, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed it into law on Monday. The new map is a win for Black ...

Landry has said he supports the map. The new map increases the Black makeup of Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District from 23 percent to 54 percent. The seat is held by Rep. Garret Graves ...

A panel of three federal judges struck down Louisiana's new congressional lines ... redrew the state's congressional map to add a second Black-majority district after a court ruled that the ...

Twelve “non-African American” voters are named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport. It argues the new map is ...

It was unclear following arguments whether the high court was inclined to preserve Louisiana's map for use in future elections. New district lines are drawn after every Census. The justices have ...

A federal three-judge panel has thrown out Louisiana's new congressional map that created a second Black district, leaving the state's political boundaries in question with the November election ...

Race for Louisiana's New Second Majority-Black Congressional District Is Heating Up BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a critical election year, the race for Louisiana's new mostly Black congressional ...

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 ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that was used in the 2024 elections and includes two majority-Black districts.

Under the new map, 54 percent of the voting-age ... In June 2022, Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick struck down Louisiana’s map for violating the Voting Rights Act.