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As lawmakers in Louisiana gather to redraw the state’s electoral districts, one question looms above all else: In a state where one in three voters is Black, is it fair that only one of the six congressional seats represents a majority-minority district?

Louisiana’s once-in-a-decade restricting session will officially begin Feb. 1, state lawmakers announced Tuesday.

Hundreds of demonstrators for and against abortion rights protested in front of the U.S. Supreme Court steps in Washington D.C. as nine justices heard arguments for a Mississippi abortion ban case that could have monumental stakes for the Gulf South and the nation.

The city has released an initial plan to reopen Lincoln Beach to the public. The price tag? $10 million.

The city's public pools which have been off limits since the pandemic began, are scheduled to reopen next week.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it would not apply a 2020 ban on future non-unanimous jury verdicts in felony cases retroactively, leaving incarcerated people in Louisiana, Oregon and Puerto Rico convicted by divided juries without a sure-fire way to seek retrial.

Boil Water Advisories, Freedom Riders, Rep. Edmond Jordan on Qualified Immunity

Mayor Cantrell urges residents to get vaccinated ahead of an expected busy hurricane season.

He arrives in New Orleans to tour the Carrollton Water Plant Thursday afternoon.