Lawyers for Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican leaders have successfully delayed the timeframe for creating a new second majority-Black congressional district, after an appeals ...

The third day of the Louisiana Congressional district map hearing, Callais et al. v Landry, began with final witnesses before closing arguments were presented.

Hearing of lawsuit over La.’s congressional map ends with no immediate ruling “If it is determined to be predominately based upon race, it will likely be struck down,” attorney says The trial of a ...

U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, speaks at a news conference on May 31, 2023. A state legislative proposal to redraw Louisiana's congressional districts put Graves' seat at risk.

The Louisiana Legislature approved a new U.S. congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, during a special session. The House voted 86-16 to pass the map, and the Senate approved it 27-11. Close ...

The Supreme Court denied two emergency requests to restart the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map, a process that was likely to add a second majority-Black district. A map passed by ...

The newly drawn map passed in the 2024 Special Legislative Session, created a second Black majority out of Louisiana's six districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Because 1/3 of voters in ...

"Louisiana is the only state that doesn't have a congressional map," he said. "This is an emergency." But Paul Hurd, an attorney with the plaintiffs who will likely have their own map to submit ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a congressional map in Louisiana to remain in place for the next election, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights ...

A federal court on Tuesday blocked Louisiana from using a congressional map signed into law this year that had been redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.. In a 2-1 vote, the three ...

U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, speaks at a news conference on May 31, 2023. A state legislative proposal to redraw Louisiana's congressional districts put Graves' seat at risk.