President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" — which narrowly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in a 215-214 vote ...

House Republicans hold 220 of the chamber’s 435 seats. When three vacancies are filled in heavily blue-leaning districts, ...

Although a third of Louisianians are Black, less than a third of state legislative districts have majority Black populations.

The 2024 election cycle was momentous for Black Louisianans — for the first time in nearly three decades, the state had two ...

Nebraska politicians are still reeling from Omaha's mayoral election Tuesday night, where three-term GOP incumbent Jean Stothert was ousted by Democratic challenger John Ewing.

East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes. The sprawling 5th District includes all or parts of 21 parishes, more than any other of Louisiana's six congressional districts. Despite the radical ...

when a federal district court in Baton Rouge issued the first decision in this long-running dispute. The judge, Shelly Dick, found the original map of Louisiana's six congressional districts that ...

That decision led to new districts in both states that sent two ... is a majority Black district that winds from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. Roberts described it as a “snake” that might violate ...

(CNN) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional districts that ... of the state to Baton Rouge in the southeast for ...

The congressional map provides politically safe districts for House Speaker Mike ... Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas. The percentage of Black voters in the district jumped from about ...

When Louisiana was required to draw new U.S. House districts due to population changes ... But Cleo Fields, the Baton Rouge Democrat who occupies the newly created seat, believes the high court ...