NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Voter turnout in Saturday’s election was higher than expected but less than half from November. Still, it was a disappointment for Gov. Jeff Landry, who supported the four ...

On Nov. 5, there was only one Constitutional Amendment on Louisiana voters' ballots. Passing this amendment allows certain federal funds be diverted to coastal preservation, as well as alterations to ...

Lawyers representing a group of Louisiana voters challenging the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district in the state told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a key provision of the ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. On October 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Louisiana v.

Washington — Members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared open Wednesday to raising the bar for successfully challenging voting maps under a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling forced ...

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court of the United States has the opportunity to stop the separation, division, and segregation that federal courts are sanctioning in redistricting cases ...

Remember when Indiana Jones nonchalantly chose to hip-shoot his way out of a duel with a threatening swordsman? It was pragmatism over pageantry. Simple versus struggle. Bullet beats blade.