A group of Baton Rouge judges wants a federal court to reopen a 1986 voting rights case, arguing a new 19th JDC election map ...

The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s ...

After the 2020 census, the Abbeville City Council decided not to redistrict despite population shifts creating disparities in ...

Dick concluded that the map likely violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered the addition of a second Black-majority district. The Supreme Court in 2023 left Dick's ruling in place, and it previously ...

The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The state used a contested map to hold elections in 2024; voters elected a second Black Democrat, Cleo Fields, to their congressional delegation.

Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana joined President Donald Trump at the White House to announce a nearly $6 billion Hyundai steel mill in Ascension Parish, which will improve infrastructure and ...

Congressional seats are now back in the forefront of many people’s minds as more states push to alter existing maps.

The Abbeville City Council has delayed a vote on a proposed district map, which has been the subject of a federal lawsuit alleging that the current map does not give white and black voters equal ...

Under Louisiana law, however, individuals with a prior felony conviction are not barred from voting or registering to vote if they have not been imprisoned within the past five years.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Early voting has started for the upcoming Saturday, May 3, election in Louisiana. The early voting period began on Saturday, April 19, and will run through Saturday ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Early voting has started for the upcoming Saturday, May 3, election in Louisiana. The early voting period began on Saturday, April 19, and will run through Saturday ...