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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?

Today is the first full day of the redistricting session and the creation of a second minority-majority congre...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat in a deep-red state, was immersed in a difficult reelection campaign when he received a text message from the head of the state

Battle lines were drawn between Democrats and Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature Tuesday as the two sides proposed new congressional maps at a special redistricting session.

Battle lines were being drawn between Democrats and Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature as the two sides proposed new congressional maps.

Not a good look, especially ahead of Louisiana's redistricting.

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?

Louisiana’s top GOP lawmaker is weighing legislative action against Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards

BATON ROUGE, La. - As the Louisiana Legislature considers how to redraw the lines of election districts for the next decade, Black state lawmakers and civil rights groups are keeping

The Louisiana Legislature convenes at 5 p.m. Tuesday to begin a redistricting session to account for population changes in the state since 2010.