Louisiana state Sen. Royce Duplessis, a Democrat who flirted for months with the idea of running for New Orleans mayor but bowed out of the race in January, abruptly reversed that decision on Sunday evening, announcing he would enter the contest just days before the official qualifying deadline.

A new item of business concerning early voting sites caused tension among Caddo Parish commissioners during this week's work session.

The Supreme Court will not decide right now whether Louisiana violated the Constitution when it enacted a congressional map last year that created a second majority-Black district. In a surprise […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to make a decision on Louisiana's redrawn congressional districts on Friday, pushing it to be reargued at a later date.

The Court won’t be issuing an opinion today on Louisiana’s congressional map after all. Instead, they’ll re-hear argument next term. More analysis coming momentarily.