Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...

At issue now is Louisiana’s new map, which the legislature passed in ... majority’s flagrant disregard of the Legislature’s political goals, its failure to even attempt to disentangle ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has previously ruled that race can be considered in redistricting as long as it does not predominate over traditional redistricting principles.

According to Louisiana's brief, lawmakers considered seven different Voting Rights Act-compliant maps before settling on one that aligned with their political priorities — preserving the seats ...