#Louisiana

Louisiana approves new congressional map eliminating a majority-Black district after an April Supreme Court ruling.

Louisiana's Republican lawmakers raced to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional seats in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current map unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.

Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that could allow Republicans to flip one of the state's two Democratic-held U.S. House seats.

The Louisiana Legislature passed a new GOP-favored House map Friday that eliminates one of the state’s Black-majority congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Bayou State’s map unconstitutional earlier this month.…

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(1942–2026) Barbara Richey MacRoberts, age 83, passed away peacefully at her residence in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 10, 2026. Barbara was born June

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The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.

The decision indefinitely blocks an appeals court ruling that would have restricted availability of the drug, especially in states with strict anti-abortion laws.

Louisiana had sued the FDA in a bid to curtail the regulatory agency’s rules on prescribing mifepristone remotely

From The Guardian: Louisiana senate passes bill to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional districts

From Seattletimes RSS Feed: Louisiana senators take up new US House map while South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work

Missouri man Jordan Derrick is accused of posting online bomb-making tutorials that investigators say were used by the terrorist behind the deadly Bourbon Street attack.

Despite predictions that a court ruling would come too late to be actionable this election cycle, states are gerrymandering after the Louisiana v. Callais decision.

Louisiana governor suspends vote following Supreme Court ruling; critics say move sows confusion and violates law.

Condolences poured in for the Louisiana beaver-like legend who once appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show

A settlement agreement says the family of a Black man who died while being punched, kicked and stunned by five white Louisiana State Police troopers during roadside arrest agreed to a tentative $4.85 million settlement

The settlement would end a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Greene, whose death drew national attention in 2021.