The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday, October 15 regarding the congressional maps of Louisiana in the case ...

The conservative majority could use the case to further weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect ...

There is little information in court filings about the dozen plaintiffs who challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal ...

In most Voting Rights Acts cases, minority voters are suing their state leaders, not on their side. But for awhile, a cadre ...

The case challenges Louisiana’s newly redrawn congressional map and could redefine how race is considered in drawing district ...

“The upshot of Louisiana’s burn-it-all-down approach is that it wants relief from any congressional or judicial scrutiny of its voting laws,” wrote the Robinson litigants, a coalition of Black voters ...

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 ...

A little over a week after Louisiana officials approved a congressional map with a second majority-Black district as part of an effort to resolve longstanding litigation, the state has been served ...

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 ...

For nearly three decades, the small town of Mansfield was represented in Louisiana’s congressional delegation by white ...

A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit Black state lawmakers filed to force Attorney General Liz Murrill to resume defending ...

Photo caption: Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of the special session in the House Chamber on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP, Pool) A proposed ...