The Republican-controlled Louisiana legislature approved the map in January after U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick in 2022 ruled that a map it previously adopted containing only a single Black-majority congressional district in the state unlawfully harmed Black voters.
Graves' District 6 was reconfigured to create the second majority-minority district. It now stretches from Shreveport, in Louisiana's northwest corner, to Baton Rouge, in the southeast, and connects predominantly Black populations from Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge.
This past April, days before a Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) meeting at a remote lakefront resort, the state’s largest power company dropped a bombshell. Entergy asked the panel to vote, four months ahead of schedule,
The Supreme Court took up a thorny legal dispute from Louisiana involving the state's effort to draw a congressional district map while navigating claims it is unlawfully considering race.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Regardless of which presidential candidate they support, many Louisiana voters admit feeling anxious heading into Tuesday’s national election. Fox 8 spoke Monday (Nov. 4) with voters in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes.
Election day is finally in sight, and there are a few things people need to know if they plan to go vote on Tuesday. Here's what you need to understand about what happens when the polls close.