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Capital Region GOP legislator berates colleagues for tabling redistricting bill

Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature have almost exclusively advanced maps that favor their party...

Republicans hold sway as redistricting session nears an end 

Republican leaders in the Louisiana Legislature are optimistic their special redistricting session will end...

Pipeline safeguards broke down in December oil spill 

A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a...

Auditors question $6.1M in unemployment payments for state employees

The Louisiana Workforce Commission paid about $6.1 million in state and federal unemployment benefits to 1,054 ineligible recipients identified as state employees who do not appear to have been eligible for the programs, the Legislature’s auditors say.

Bill that would grow congressional district’s Black population fails

Legislation to increase the Black population in a mostly white Louisiana congressional district was...

Small businesses risk getting caught up in SEC transparency push 

If transparency is the currency of trust, Wall Street's top regulator is going on...
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Will Louisiana redistricting be impacted by Supreme Court ruling on Alabama?

As it became clear that Republican leaders planned to pass redistricting maps that would not expand minority seats in Congress or the Louisiana Legislature, Black lawmakers said they had two fallbacks—possible vetoes by Gov. John Bel Edwards or lawsuits.

Louisiana federal judge blocks higher climate cost estimate on emissions 

A federal judge today blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on...

Will Gov. Edwards veto new congressional map? 

Louisiana's Republican-dominated Legislature made it clear this week that neither the House nor Senate...

Legislature rejects bills creating new majority Black congressional district

In case you missed it, the Louisiana House on Thursday approved a bill shifting boundary lines for the state’s six congressional districts—without creating a second majority Black district sought by civil rights organizations.