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New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Politics and race are both factors in a pending court challenge of Louisiana’s new congressional maps. How much ...

South Carolina to use ‘unconstitutional’ congressional map after Supreme Court silence

U.S.
Amanda Smith

South Carolina will use a congressional map a federal court ruled was “unconstitutional” in this year’s election, following uncertainty around the timing ...

New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own

Politics
Amanda Smith

FILE – The New York state Senate meets in the Senate Chamber on the opening day of the legislative session at the ...

A lawsuit seeks to block Louisiana’s new congressional map that has 2nd mostly Black district

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature’s redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by ...

Newly sworn in, Louisiana’s governor calls for special session to draw new congressional map

Politics
Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In his first hours in office, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Monday called a redistricting special session, ...

Federal judge OKs new GOP-drawn congressional map in Georgia

Politics
Amanda Smith

Washington — A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday approved a congressional map redrawn by the state’s GOP-led legislature after its original ...

U.S. judge upholds Georgia’s congressional map in win for Republicans

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Joseph Ax -A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map, rejecting arguments from voting rights groups and ...

New GOP-favored Georgia congressional map nears passage as the end looms for redistricting session

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Amanda Smith

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia special session to redraw congressional and legislative voting district maps is likely to end Thursday after a ...

New North Carolina congressional districts challenged in federal court on racial bias claims

Politics
Amanda Smith

RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Black and Latino voters sued in federal court on Monday seeking to strike down congressional districts ...

The power grabs that will determine control of Congress

Politics
Amanda Smith

The success of an attempted Democratic power grab in New York will help determine control of the House next year. It’s a ...