Louisianans and Mississippians have long battled over claiming rights for Barq’s Root Beer ... and great-granddaughter of the original Louisiana Barq’s manufacturing family, Veni Harlan ...

Louisianans and Mississippians have long battled over claiming rights for Barq’s Root Beer ... formula and distribute the product throughout Louisiana while the Barq family sold the product ...

Louisiana Grass Roots, a short documentary about our forgotten prairie. Join the makers and supporters of the new documentary film Louisiana Grass Roots as they unveil their work in the James Devin ...

The plaintiffs, a group of Louisiana voters who identify as non-African American, say the map violates the Equal Protection Clause, which says you cannot use race as the primary factor in how district ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

Callais was heard before the Supreme Court. At the center of the debate is Louisiana's congressional district map, which now includes a sixth district stretching from Shreveport, roughly 250 miles ...

At issue is Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, passed after multiple federal courts found the state likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by offering only one majority-Black district.

“The court has long said that race-based remedial action must have a logical endpoint,” he said to the attorney representing civil rights groups, which joined Louisiana in defending the map ...

Edward Greim, the attorney representing the “non-African American” voters who challenged the map, stressed that Louisiana was not under a direct court order to draw a new map. The state had ...

It also marks the latest chapter in the long-running, messy saga over Louisiana’s congressional map that began after the 2020 census. “Louisiana would rather not be here,” Louisiana Solicito ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Louisiana lawmakers can use race as a factor when drawing congressional maps, a closely watched case that could impact voters nationwide in the ...

The interactive map below shows the percentage of adults who self-reported excessive drinking in 2022. To view that rate, as well as last year’s data, click or hover on each state. The CDC’s ...