A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that was used in the 2024 elections and includes two majority-Black districts.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority ...

Louisiana State Police, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Lake Charles Harbor Police were also part of the investigation.

Edward Greim, the attorney representing the “non-African American” voters who challenged the map, stressed that Louisiana was not under a direct court order to draw a new map. The state had ...

“Midway through this decade, neither Louisiana nor its citizens know what congressional map they can call home.” The case, Louisiana v. Callais, tees up a series of important questions that ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) — A Lafayette man was recently beaten to death in Lake Charles, authorities said. Scott Anthony Gastal, 50, was found in the parking lot of a motel in the 1000 block of N.

Louisiana’s Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga argued in support of the map that created a second majority-Black district.

Runners from around the world will descend upon the City of Angels on Sunday, March 16 for the 40th running of the Los Angeles Marathon. The annual race stretches through and around many of the ...