If state’s house passes bill, redrawn map could could give state Republicans a 5-1 congressional majority

Republican senators in Louisiana have advanced a plan to eliminate one of two majority-Black U.S. House districts for this year's elections. Meanwhile, Georgia Gov.

A Louisiana Senate committee voted Wednesday to create a new congressional map to give Republicans another seat in the House of Representatives.

State senators in Louisiana are considering a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.

The new U.S. House districts, which still need House approval, would be used for primary elections poised to be postponed from Saturday until November. This as South Carolina's…

If state’s house passes bill, redrawn map could could give state Republicans a 5-1 congressional majority

Thursday’s vote was one of many in Southern states following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act.

Louisiana is a step closer to a new congressional map after the state Senate approved a plan Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, both…