To account for massive turbines, a 2022 Louisiana law created a 25,000-acre area for wind energy leases in state coastal waters compared with 5,000 acres for oil and gas leases. Orgeron was co ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Louisiana lawmakers can use race as a factor when drawing congressional maps, a closely watched case that could impact voters nationwide in the ...

It also marks the latest chapter in the long-running, messy saga over Louisiana’s congressional map that began after the 2020 census. “Louisiana would rather not be here,” Louisiana Solicito ...

The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the first time in decades is a lawful effort to comply with the Voting ...

The case could have potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, voting rights advocates argued before the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais that a congressional map that was in place during the 2024 election cycle should remain ...

The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a high-stakes dispute over the Voting Rights Act and an election map with two ...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts. Plaintiffs claimed that the map violates Section 2 of ...

A U.S. Supreme Court hearing about the constitutionality of Louisiana's congressional map Monday veered into a discussion about compliance with U.S. court orders, a topic that has taken on ...

It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s latest redistricting plan. The state and a group of Black voters ask the justices to ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The U.S. Supreme Court took up the legality of Louisiana’s new congressional map on Monday (March 24), and whatever the high court decides will have far-reaching implications.

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court will hear appeals to uphold the remedial map by an unlikely alliance of the state of Louisiana and the NAACP Louisiana State Conference and other ...