Bill that would grow congressional district’s Black population fails

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Legislation to increase the Black population in a mostly white Louisiana congressional district was rejected by a state House panel this morning. With efforts to create a second majority-Black congressional district having failed so far in a special legislative session that must end by Sunday night, state Rep. Marcus Bryant had put forth the bill

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