Despite calls from civil rights groups to boost minority representation in the state legislature and in Congress, the Republican-controlled Louisiana Legislature wrapped up its redistricting session by approving maps that largely maintain the status quo.
Despite calls from civil rights groups to boost minority representation in the state legislature and in Congress, the Republican-controlled Louisiana Legislature wrapped up its redistricting session by approving maps that largely maintain the status quo.
As Louisiana lawmakers got their first glimpse of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, many expressed deep reservations about the second-term Democrat’s proposed $500 million investment in a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge.
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