Louisiana Supreme Court map advances out of Senate committee

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A Louisiana Senate committee advanced a map of revised state Supreme Court districts today that maintains just one majority-minority district. The bill advanced on a 5-3 vote, with Black committee members opposing it. Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, who chairs the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee and authored  the map, says her bill adheres to the

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