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22+ hour, 47+ min ago  (44+ words) Louisiana has approved a new Congressional redistricting map that aims to give Republicans a 5-1 advantage in the next voting cycle. Louisiana has approved a new Congressional redistricting map that aims to give Republicans a 5-1 advantage in the next voting cycle....

18+ hour, 29+ min ago  (115+ words) NEW ORLEANS " The I-610 closure in New Orleans is causing heavy backups on eastbound I-10 as DOTD crews started paving construction on Saturday. Drivers are navigating slow traffic at Bonnabel. .. NEW ORLEANS " The I-610 closure in New Orleans is causing heavy backups on…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (932+ words) Louisiana approves new congressional map eliminating a majority-Black district after an April Supreme Court ruling. Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new map of congressional districts designed to help Republicans pick up a seat in the United States House of Representatives....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (795+ words) Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the plan hours after it overwhelmingly passed the state's Republican-controlled Legislature. Louisiana Republicans had considered drawing a map giving the party a shot at winning all six of the state's U. S. House seats. But that would…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1190+ words) Committee chair Rep. Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, on May 21, 2026 The Louisiana House on May 28 approved a congressional voting map that will take away a majority-Black district, after Democrats railed against the plan for more than seven hours, sharing emotional…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (302+ words) (The Center Square) - Louisiana has reached a deal with Exxon Mobil, resolving the state's disputes with the company over coastal land erosion, Gov. Jeff Landry said in a social media post Thursday. "This is huge for Louisiana, our Coast, and…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (412+ words) New Orleans runs on its own rules, and most of them feel like they were made during a parade. The city has unique names for street medians, eats specific meals on set days, and uses local phrases that no one…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (382+ words) Although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the "farm line" at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola " including laboring outdoors in extreme heat " a federal judge presiding over a long-running suit filed by prisoners forced to work in the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (263+ words) MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana's energy grid ranks as one of the least reliable in the United States, with power outages happening more frequently and lasting 50% longer than average according to the center square. As the need for power increases, the…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (838+ words) By DAVID A. LIEB and JACK BROOK Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are poised to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district that elected a Democrat in response to a recent'U. S. Supreme Court ruling'that its map constituted an illegal racial gerrymander. A redistricting plan…...