Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields (D), who served in Congress in the 1990s, has declared his candidacy for a new majority-Black congressional district created in January by the Legislature.
A federal three-judge panel has asked the Louisiana Legislature to draw yet another congressional map by June 3 or have the court produce "interim" boundaries to conduct the Nov. 5 election.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) — After a new Louisiana congressional map was rejected by a panel of three federal judges in Shreveport, it’s back to the drawing board for legislators who said they were ...
A panel of federal judges say the Louisiana Legislature must pass a new election map by June 3 or face having the court impose one on the state NEW ORLEANS -- A panel of federal judges who ...
Additionally, the Robinson plaintiffs claim that the state legislature wanted to ensure that the new Black-majority district ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana lawmakers have less than a month to come up with a new congressional map or a panel of judges will draw it for them. That mandate comes from a three-person panel ...