The US Supreme Court appears to be in a position to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map with two majority Black congressional districts. It would further chip away at the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which aimed to root out racial discrimination at the ballot box. Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked Janai Nelson, the head of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, about how long race-based remedies should last.
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Nelson replied that race-based remedies do have time limits, and that’s grounded in case law. However…
Federal elections are next year, and Louisiana officials are looking for a ruling by early next year.
The head of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development remains confident construction will start next year on a new Hyundai steel mill in Ascension Parish.
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The president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System plans to retire early next year. Dr. Monty Sullivan has been system president since 2014. L-C-T-C-S Vice President Chandler LeBoeuf says under Sullivan’s leadership, the system has reached new heights in workforce training and workforce alignment for more than 130-thousand students annually.