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Voters sue over La.’s second majority-Black congressional district
By Piper Hutchison Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A group of non-Black voters have challenged Louisiana’s new congressional maps, alleging the new majority-Black district violates their
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State Sen. Fields first to announce run for new majority-Black 6th District seat
By Piper Hutchison Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will run for Congress in the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District, he
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By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer The whole point of the La. Legislature’s drawing of a second African-American majority district which stretched from Baton Rouge to Shreveport (closely resembling one ruled an unconstitutional ... La. Supreme Court map advances with justices still at odds
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – A proposal to add another majority-Black district to the seven elected Louisiana Supreme Court seats advanced in the state legislature last Thursday, but the process ... Landry’s agenda seeks to do away with Louisiana’s open primary
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Jan 15 Special Session includes a call to return to closed primaries. Recently, a legislator from another state happened to be visiting the Louisiana House and Senate chambers ... Lies, half-truths, misinformation and bipartisan blunders from Louisiana politics in 2023
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana politics featured a number of lies, half-truths, misinformation and blunders during 2023. La. Legislature to take on congressional redistricting in special session
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has ordered state lawmakers into a special session that begins today (Jan. 15) on redistricting and elections. Fight for congressional majorities launches against backdrop of presidential campaigns
By Ariana Figueroa and Jennifer Shutt Contributing Writers (States Newsroom via lailluminator.com) — The 2024 battle for control of Congress is underway in the states, accompanying the accelerating race for the presidency. Can La. replicate Georgia’s voter registration and turnout?
By Molly Ryan, Metia Carroll and McKinley Cobb Contributing Writers (LSU Manship News Service) — The Rev. Timothy McDonald, pastor at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, remembers being approached in a ... Chalmette woman files suit to keep Trump off Louisiana ballot: report
(lailluminator.com) — Louisiana is the latest state where a court challenge will seek to keep former President Donald Trump’s name off the ballot in next year’s election.
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