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Supreme Court blocks new majority-Black Louisiana house district

A divided U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Republican-drawn congressional map in Louisiana for this year’s election, blocking a trial judge’s order that required a second majority-Black voting district.

Tribune News Service

Justices nix 2nd mostly Black district in Louisiana for 2022

The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power

The Independent UK

Abortion battles in state courts after Supreme Court ruling

Abortion bans are temporarily blocked in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina says a law sharply restricting the procedure can take effect there immediately

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First Thing: at least 46 people found dead in Texas trailer truck

Further 16 people in hospital after tragedy in San Antonio. Plus, Louisiana judge blocks abortion ban

The Guardian - UK

Five-Star Safety Becomes 7th Texas Commit Since Arch Manning

The Longhorns hooked another top 2023 recruit on Monday in safety Derek Williams of New Iberia, Louisiana.

Sports Illustrated

The Supreme Court's abortion ruling shifts legal battles to state courts

Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while abortion rights advocates challenged laws in Texas, Idaho, Kentucky and Mississippi.

WEKU

State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision

In the hours after the Supreme Court signaled an end to the national right to abortion Friday, a cascade of abortion bans began to take effect across the country.

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Louisiana judge blocks abortion ban amid uproar after Roe v Wade ruling

State temporarily blocked from enforcing ban as other US states pass ‘trigger laws’ designed to severely curtail access to abortion

The Guardian - US

Voters in five states will decide in November on removing constitutional language permitting enslavement or servitude as criminal punishments or debt payments

In 2022, voters in five states — Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont — will decide on ballot measures to repeal language from their state constitutions that allows slavery or involuntary servitude for the punishment of a crime, or, in Vermont, for the payment of debts, damages, or fines.

Ballotpedia

Louisiana: A Bill That Provides Workplace Protections For State Employees Enrolled As Medical Marijuana Patients

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed nearly 100 bills into law aimed at protecting medical marijuana patients

Benzinga

Louisiana and Utah trigger law banning abortion temporarily blocked by judge

‘It is incredibly welcome news during a very dark time in our history,’ attorney says

The Independent UK

State policy changes intensify in wake of Supreme Court decision - Roll Call

Friday's Supreme Court decision effectively undoing legal precedent set by Roe v. Wade has spurred a flurry of state activity.

Roll Call

Louisiana judge temporarily blocks ‘trigger’ abortion ban

Louisiana is one of 13 US states where ‘trigger laws’ ban or severely restrict abortion after Roe v Wade overturned.

Al Jazeera

Court temporarily blocks Louisiana's abortion trigger law after providers sue

The plaintiffs in the case argue that Louisiana's trigger bans are "vague" and violate the state's Constitution.

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Al Jazeera

Rolling back Roe v Wade: How Louisianans lost abortion access

There were only three clinics in the US state. Now, Louisianans will be some of the furthest from abortion access.

The Independent UK

Justices' past abortion views, in their own words and votes

More than a month ago, a stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicated that the Supreme Court was prepared to take the momentous step of overruling the Roe v. Wade decision from 1973 and stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion

Los Angeles Times

As Roe v. Wade falls, New Mexico braces for a steep rise of abortion seekers

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The parking lot to the abortion clinic in this desert city was crowded recently with cars from out of state: four from Texas. Two from Oklahoma and others from Arizona, Louisiana and Iowa. Pillows and blankets were scattered across backseats to ease the journey home, which for…

Los Angeles Times

Where is abortion legal? In red states, women navigate a chaotic abortion landscape

ATLANTA — The impact was immediate: the moment the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, Robin Marty, the operations director of the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, told nurses, desk staff and a doctor on Friday they could no longer provide abortions.

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Louisiana legislature adjourns special redistricting session without new congressional boundaries, plaintiffs appeal to SCOTUS

The Louisiana legislature adjourned a special redistricting session on June 18 without approving revised congressional district boundaries. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) had called the special session on June 7 after the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana struck down the state’s congressional district map and…

WEKU

The owner of nursing homes whose residents suffered during Hurricane Ida is arrested

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse as Hurricane Ida approached last year was arrested on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Nursing home owner whose residents suffered in Ida arrested

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has been arrested

The Independent UK

Dredging company to pay $1M for restoration work oil spill

A Houston dredging company has been ordered to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through a pipeline during Louisiana barrier island restoration work in 2016

Benzinga

Louisiana Gov. Edwards Signs A Bundle Of Marijuana Bills, Some Warmly Welcomed By Cannabis Industry

The office of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed Tuesday he has approved nearly 100 bills Tuesday, including s

Reason

Mandating Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Could Make Smoking More Dangerous

Plus: Supreme Court rules on school choice and criminal justice reform, Louisiana's trigger law criminalizes abortion at any stage, and more...

Los Angeles Times

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a TV director

LOS ANGELES — When Ava DuVernay launched "Queen Sugar" on the OWN Network in 2016, she hired only women as directors — a practice she's continued through six seasons of the Louisiana-set family drama.

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