Black people comprise nearly a third of Louisiana’s population and generally support ... controlled legislature did not draw the map with race as the primary factor. The state said the map ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one.

The saga over Louisiana's congressional map goes back to the 2020 census, which revealed an increase in the population of Black voters in the state. In its first attempt at redistricting following ...

Ever since Louisiana was ordered to create a second congressional district that accurately represents our state's Black voter population ... Louisiana's congressional district map, which now ...

which found that the state's Black residents now totaled one-third of Louisiana's total population. The first redistricting map, which included just one district where Black voters held the ...

Arguments before the justices were ongoing. Black people comprise nearly a third of Louisiana's population. The Supreme Court restored the map for use in the 2024 election. Louisiana argued on ...

despite Blacks accounting for roughly a third of Louisiana’s population. The court ordered the state to redraw the map to include more Black-majority districts as a remedy. The state complied and ...