Louisiana Illuminator

Republicans prevailed in a 4-3 party-line vote to approve Senate Bill 121, which keeps a single majority-Black district that stretches from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

A Louisiana legislative committee that oversees redistricting will meet Friday to hear public comments on a new congressional district map after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the existing version.

The numbers are taking on added significance after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s existing congressional map on Wednesday.

The Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced two bills Wednesday that each establish a loose framework for selecting and summoning delegates for a constitutional overhaul.

Extreme cold has led to the deaths of five more people in Louisiana, bringing the total number of fatalities state officials are attributing to this week’s winter weather to eight.

Waste has been stored and recycled at other sites, but LDEQ grants an emergency exemption for River Birch.

A task force Gov. Jeff Landry assembled is recommending that Louisiana’s colleges and universities join six other university systems from Southern states in a new conservative accrediting body.

Justice Will Crain asked the state’s 22nd Judicial District Court, where he used to serve as a lower court judge, to seal his divorce records from public view in September 2024.

The Trump administration has rolled back limits on some contaminants, though doctors say no levels are safe.

Another Louisiana resident has died from contracting flesh-eating bacteria, the state health department confirmed Tuesday.