The future of the state’s congressional map is in the hands of the Supreme Court, as it decides the constitutionality of the creation of the second majority Black district. Janai Nelson, the head of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, says a third of the state’s eligible voters are Black; thus, Black voters in two of the state’s six Congressional districts should have the ability to elect the candidate of their choice.

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Solicitor General Ben Aguinaga (ahg-yee-NYA-gah) argued for the State of Louisiana and says race should not be the main factor in determining the districts of a congressional map.

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Much needed rain is in the forecast for this weekend. But Jeff Palermo reports we are not looking at a drought buster.

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Senator Bill Cassidy’s campaign says the incumbent enters the fourth quarter of this year with ten-million dollars in cash on hand. That’s by far the most of any candidate in the Senate race. In its quarterly filing to the Federal Elections Commission, the Cassidy campaign says it raised almost two-million dollars in the third quarter from donors representing all 64 parishes.