Paul Braun
Paul Braun is WRKF's Capitol Access reporter.
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The Louisiana House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve a congressional map backed by Republican legislative leaders that includes only one majority-Black congressional district, two days after the Louisiana Senate approved a similar measure.
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Senate approves congressional map despite Democrats’ and civil rights groups’ opposition and a last-minute revelation that a firm hired by GOP legislative leaders offered input behind closed doors.
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The leading proposal from GOP leadership would maintain the current racial makeup of House districts.
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In the first vote of the state’s once-in-a-decade redistricting session, a Republican-controlled Senate committee voted down five proposals that would have given Louisiana a second majority-Black congressional district and advanced instead a GOP-backed plan that civil rights groups claim violates federal law.
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Louisiana lawmakers opened debate on the redrawing of the state’s legislative districts Wednesday, as civil rights groups and members of the public continue to clamor for more minority representation among the state’s elected officials.
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As lawmakers in Louisiana gather to redraw the state’s electoral districts, one question looms above all else: In a state where one in three voters is Black, is it fair that only one of the six congressional seats represents a majority-minority district?
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After three days of silence, Gov. John Bel Edwards has called a Tuesday afternoon press conference to address growing concerns about his handling of the death of Ronald Greene after an Associated Press report revealed that Edwards received a text message about the violent circumstances of the incident just hours after it occurred in 2019.
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In Louisiana, a state where roughly one-out-of-three residents are Black, only one of the state’s six congressional districts has a majority Black population where voters of color stand a chance of choosing who will represent them.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards rolled out an executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that features significant new investments in education at every level and infrastructure projects.
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With winter weather heading for parts of southeast Louisiana, government offices and schools are in the process of deciding whether to close or remain open.