Published 2 years ago

Federal Judge Will Draw New Louisiana Maps

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Louisiana Middle District U.S. Judge Shelly Dick will now be in charge of drawing her own version of the map for the state. Dick had given the Legislature a deadline of June 20 to draw new boundaries. If the deadline was not met, she pledged to take over. The Supreme Court will now have to approve the new map that is written by the judge.

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Associated Press News

Louisiana session ends: No new map with a 2nd Black district

The Louisiana Legislature has ended a special session without agreeing on a new congressional map that must include a second majority-Black district as ordered by a federal judge. Observers said

2 years ago·United States

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KIFI

Louisiana session ends: No new map with a 2nd Black district - Local News 8

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature has ended a special session without agreeing on a new congressional map that must include a second majority-Black district as ordered by a federal judge. Observers said after the session ended Saturday that the mapping of new boundaries now appears likely to fall to the courts. The Advocate reports no proposed amendments could win the minimum 20 votes needed for Senate approval. U.S. District Jud…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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MY Northwest

Louisiana session ends: No new map with a 2nd Black district

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers ended a special session Saturday saying they were unable to agree on a new congressional map that includes a second majority Black district as ordered by a federal judge, prompting an angry blast from the governor.U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick on June 6 had struck down the state’s original U.S. House map approved earlier this year by lawmakers, one with white majorities in five of six districts. It r…

2 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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Star Tribune

Louisiana session ends: No new map with a 2nd Black district

Louisiana lawmakers ended a special session Saturday saying they were unable to agree on a new congressional map that includes a second majority Black district as ordered by a federal judge, prompting an angry blast from the governor.

2 years ago·Minneapolis, United States

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San Diego Union Tribune

Louisiana session ends: No new map with a 2nd Black district

The Louisiana Legislature has ended a special session without agreeing on a new congressional map that must include a second majority-Black district as ordered by a federal judge

2 years ago·San Diego, United States

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Political Wire

Federal Judge Will Draw New Louisiana Maps

“A federal judge will draw a new Louisiana congressional map with a second Black district after the Legislature failed to draw new boundaries of its own in a Special Session that ended Saturday without the passage of any bill,” the Lafayette Daily Advertiser reports.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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