The Supreme Court postponed ruling on Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan until next term. The court will decide whether the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts violate the Voting Rights Act. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says the issue will likely be reargued in October and the delay makes it unclear which way the court may be leaning. He says if a majority supports Justice Clarence Thomas’s viewpoint…
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Lawmakers approved the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority’s $1.98 billion Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Plan. Coastal Resource Administrator Greg Grandy says it’s funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement and he says the projects will restore coastal ecosystems and help protect against storm surge…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in Louisiana to witness the signing of the state’s Make America Healthy Again bill. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Suspended LSU running back Trey Holly’s July 7 court date was cancelled due to a broken air conditioning system in the courtroom. Holly faces charges of illegal use of a weapon and criminal damage to property stemming from a Union Parish shooting in February of last year. His attorney, Mike Small, says Holly hopes to go to trial as soon as possible to prove his innocence and the Judge is considering every option to make the trial happen…
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He’s doubtful the trial would be rescheduled before the fall.