In a 2-to-1 decision, the panel sided with challengers who argued that the map that created a second Black majority district was an “impermissible racial gerrymander.” By Rick Rojas Reporting ...
A federal court on Tuesday tossed out a newly drawn congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana – in a potential blow to Democrats seeking to seize control of ...
A proposal from Sen. Glen Womack, to create a majority Black district that stretches from Caddo Parish to East Baton Rouge Parish (Screen capture from bill) A panel of federal judges has thrown ...
A panel of federal judges say the Louisiana Legislature must pass a new election map by June 3 or face having the court impose one on the state NEW ORLEANS -- A panel of federal judges who ...
Louisiana’s six U.S. House members still don’t know the shape of the districts they’ll run for this fall. But that should clarify within a month, according to an order promulgated Tuesday by ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The congressional map state lawmakers passed in 2020 had only one black-majority district out of six while the state’s population remains about one-third African American.
Two Donald Trump-appointed federal judges handed down a ruling Tuesday that would block Louisiana from using a newly authorized voter map that established an additional majority-Black district ...
Federal judges toss out a Louisiana congressional map, bringing fresh uncertainty to the future of a House seat Fredreka Schouten, CNN April 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM · 3 min read ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of federal judges who recently threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district said Tuesday the state Legislature must pass a ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of federal judges who recently threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district said Tuesday the state Legislature must pass a ...