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.
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.
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.