Oral arguments have wrapped up at the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge to the state’s new congressional map. The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office defended the map approved in 2024 that features two Black majority districts for the first time in decades. Solicitor General Ben Aguinaga (ah-gheen-YAH-gah) says they were told by federal judges a second majority Black district is needed in Louisiana.
Cut 6 (10) “…going to do that.”
The plaintiffs, however, say the map violates the Equal Protection Clause, which says you cannot use race as the primary factor on how the boundaries are drawn. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh says the new sixth district stretches from Baton Rouge to Shreveport in a configuration that amounts to racial gerrymandering.
Hearts are heavy in St. Tammany Parish as a sheriff’s deputy was killed in the line of duty over the weekend. 37-year-old Sergeant Grant Candies was killed early Sunday morning while deploying a spike strip on Interstate 10. Lieutenant Suzanne (soo-ZAHN) Carboni says it was supposed to be a routine traffic stop.
As Sergeant Candies was deploying the spike strip, the 17-year-old driver swerved and hit him instead, killing him. The pursuit eventually ended when the vehicle crashed into a New Orleans Police Department’s vehicle on the Southshore. The 17-year-old faces numerous charges, including first-degree murder.
Will Wade is taking his talents to Raleigh, North Carolina. Following McNeese’s loss to Purdue Saturday, Wade signed a six-year contract to be the new head coach at North Carolina State. But Wade still expects McNeese to keep winning at a high level…