Creating a new majority-minority EBR council district may prove difficult

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The growth of East Baton Rouge Parish’s minority population over the past decade doesn’t necessarily mean redistricting will result in a new Black-majority Metro Council district.  The local branch of the NAACP plans to sue if the council doesn’t create a new district with a Black majority. But even without the inevitable political struggle, carving

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