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Hansi Lo Wang

An appeals court sets a January deadline for a new Louisiana congressional map

A person walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans in 2015. (Jonathan Bachman/AP)

A federal appeals court has given the Louisiana legislature until Jan. 15, 2024, to draw a new congressional map after concluding a lower court correctly ruled that the previous map likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state's Black voters.

It's the latest legal development in a long-running redistricting fight that could help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after next year's elections.

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