Redistricting

The United States Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday morning (April 29) that Louisiana's 2024 election map was unconstitutional leaves the door open for Louisiana to redraw its congressional map and eliminate one of its majority Black districts.

The U.S. Supreme Court has set the date it will hear new arguments in a Louisiana case that could have ripple effects for congressional redistricting around the country.

A Louisiana legislative committee has killed two bills that would have added eight new majority Black districts to the state House and Senate.

Attorneys representing Louisiana in a lawsuit against the state legislative redistricting plans passed in 2022 are arguing that a key piece of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional and should not be applied to the state.

Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map on Friday afternoon, bringing an end to the legislature’s special session.

A federal judge gave Louisiana lawmakers until the end of January to redraw the state's congressional map.

Democrats and most Republicans, including Gov. Jeff Landry, seem to be on the same page when it comes to drawing a congressional map with two majority-Black districts.

A federal court gave Louisiana’s Legislature a January deadline to redraw the state’s congressional map in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act. That likely means lawmakers will have to include a second majority-Black district.

Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama's court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district.

A panel of federal appeals court judges is set to hear oral arguments Friday in the ongoing legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional maps.