Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields (D), who served in Congress in the 1990s, has declared his candidacy for a new majority-Black congressional district created in January by the Legislature.
A federal three-judge panel has given the Louisiana Legislature until June 3 to draw a new congressional map for the Nov. 5 ...
A federal three-judge panel has thrown out Louisiana's new congressional map that created a second Black district, leaving the state's political boundaries in question with the November election ...
A federal court has blocked Louisiana from using the state's new congressional map for this year's elections, marking the ...
“Accordingly, if the Louisiana Legislature fails to enact a new map by June 3, 2024, the Court intends to order the use of an interim remedial Congressional districting map on June 4, 2024 ...
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 ...
An updating tracker of developments in midcycle redistricting. After the 2020 census, each state redrew its congressional district lines (if it had more than one seat) and its state legislative ...
A panel of three federal judges has ordered the Louisiana Legislature to take another stab at drawing the state’s congressional districts, the latest update in a years-long saga that has seen ...
The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves.
A federal three-judge panel has asked the Louisiana Legislature to draw yet another congressional map by June 3 or have the court produce "interim" boundaries to conduct the Nov. 5 election.