Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for Louisiana to use a congressional map with a second majority Black ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In a 6-3 decision made by the United States Supreme Court, Louisiana's congressional map, that added a second majority-Black district, was struck down, leaving the future of the ...

The Supreme Court this week struck down a Louisiana congressional map that added a second majority-Black voter district, a decision that will have major impacts on the Voting Rights Act and is already ...

Louisiana Republicans approved a new congressional map Friday, eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black districts and drawing an additional Republican-leaning district in its place. The map, ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court upheld a new congressional map in Louisiana on Wednesday, clearing the way for a second majority-Black in the deep red state ahead of the 2024 elections, following years of ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an ...

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has a new congressional map, with a second majority-Black district, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed it into law on Monday. The new map is a win for Black voters ...

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 the US ...

Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to gut the central provision of the Voting Rights Act and ban any use of race in redistricting. “Race-based redistricting is fundamentally contrary to our ...

The Legislature passed a congressional map that creates a second majority-Black district while shielding the state’s most powerful conservatives in Washington from political jeopardy. By Emily ...