WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Louisiana electoral map that has two of the state's six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for use in the Nov. 5 ...

Jan. 19 (UPI) --To comply with a previous court ruling, Louisiana lawmakers approved a new congressional map Friday that increases the total number of majority-Black districts. While Louisiana's ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow Louisiana to use for the 2024 elections a congressional map that includes a second district where the majority of voters are Black, ...

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 ...

Judges for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Louisiana's request to allow it to enforce its long-stalled congressional redistricting map, delivering a near-term blow to Republicans in the ...

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. Eastern, Jan. 19: Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday that included a second majority-Black district. The legislation — Senate Bill 8 — now heads to Republican ...

Louisiana's map is set to shrink again next year as federal officials recognize the ongoing effects of sea level rise on the ...

Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that likely ...

A new map shows how parts of Louisiana could be swallowed up by the sea if ocean levels rise, amid warnings from experts that coastal states are likely to be among those worst-hit by climate change.

The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term. By Abbie VanSickle and Emily Cochrane Abbie VanSickle covers the Supreme Court ...

A federal court judge has ruled that Louisiana’s state legislative maps must be redrawn because they violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes. U.S. District Chief Judge Shelly Dick handed ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed a bill Monday approving new Congressional maps that will create a second majority-Black district. The Louisiana state legislature approved the updated ...