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The Supreme Court's order does not deal with a lower-court ruling that found the map relied too heavily on race. Instead, it only prevents yet another new map from being drawn for this year's elections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. The order allows the use of a map that has majority Black populations in two of the […]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Aurelia Giacomettos tenure so far has been rocky. She says change is needed.

Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that likely violates the Voting Rights Acts.

Louisiana voters so far approve of Jeff Landrys leadership as the states newest governor. See the data.

Louisiana voters so far approve of Jeff Landrys leadership as the states newest governor. See the data.

Voting rights advocates vowed to ask that the Supreme Court preserve a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for elections.

WASHINGTON – A court’s decision late Tuesday to throw out the maps of the districts used to elect Louisiana’s six U.S. House members has thrown this falls election into chaos,

BATON ROUGE - On Tuesday, federal judges rejected the newly drawn congressional district map, saying Louisiana lawmakers relied too heavily on race when drawing up new boundaries. A bit of a Catch 22 considering race was the reason the original map was ordered to be redrawn in the first place.