The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map fell along ideological lines, and so is the reaction to that ruling. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says the ruling vindicates a position that the state has taken from the beginning, in that it shouldn’t be sorting voters by race.
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Democratic Congressman Cleo Fields says the ruling significantly narrows Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was the only way for a state like Louisiana to get a Black person elected to the U-S House…
Fields has said since the state’s black population is one-third Black, the state’s House delegation should be one-third Black. But the Supreme Court says the Constitution does not mandate that.
The Supreme Court ruling that throws out Louisiana’s congressional map is not good news for Democrat Cleo Fields, who represents the district at the heart of the case. Andre Champagne has more.
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At the groundbreaking ceremony for the new two-point-three billion dollar I-10 Lake Charles bridge, Governor Jeff Landry said he plans to put more pressure on the federal government to provide more money for the construction of the bridge…
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More federal money also means lower tolls to cross the bridge.