The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Supreme Court dismisses appeal on Louisiana's congressional district map, allowing case to proceed before Fifth Circuit Court

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s (R) appeal on June 26 of a federal district court ruling that held that Louisiana’s congressional district map should include an additional majority-minority district. The Supreme Court also lifted its 2022 stay of the federal court’s decision and allowed…

The Biden administration has dropped investigations into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk

Sheila and Clay Fletcher have been re-indicted on murder charges after their daughter Lacey Ellen Fletcher's body was discovered "melted" into a couch in their home in Louisiana

Latest ‘heat dome’ event over Texas and Louisiana, plus much of Mexico, driven by human-cause climate change, scientists find

The Supreme Court on Monday took a step toward forcing Louisiana to redraw its House map, a move expected after the court ruled against Alabama’s congressional map earlier this month.

Supreme Court ruling comes after civil rights groups had argued redrawn electoral map diluted Black residents’ votes.

Three Louisiana Republicans — Garret Graves, Julia Letlow and Mike Johnson — face uncertainty after a Supreme Court redistricting order.

The court lifted a pause on a lawsuit claiming that the state’s current congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act