NEW ORLEANS — A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward ...

The May 3rd Municipal General and Special Primary Election is just a few weeks away. Runoff elections are being held in some ...

A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...

The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the first time in decades is a lawful effort to comply with the Voting ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black ...

St. Tammany Parish Library patrons can meet and greet the Parish Clerk of Court and her archivist in Covington on May 6 to ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Louisiana lawmakers can use race as a factor when drawing congressional maps, a closely watched case that could impact voters nationwide in the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether the new map will be officially implemented. The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to uphold Louisiana’s congressional map, which was used in ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two Black majority districts for the first time. Several of the court ...

THE CITY OF DONALDSONVILLE IN ASCENSION PARISH, JUST OVER AN HOUR DRIVE ... I MEAN, WE PUT LOUISIANA ON A COMPETITIVE MAP THAT WE HAVEN’T BEEN ON FOR A WHILE. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF MANY OF ...

Callais was heard before the Supreme Court. At the center of the debate is Louisiana's congressional district map, which now includes a sixth district stretching from Shreveport, roughly 250 miles ...