A yearslong effort to turn Beauregard Town into Baton Rouge’s third local historic district is coming up on a key milestone, reigniting debate among property owners about the fabric of the ...

A new Louisiana Supreme Court map proposed in Senate Bill 255, which was authored by Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Beauregard Town is a historic district in Baton Rouge remembered as a place where residents would gather for big social events as the local economy boomed during the ...

Supreme Court says Louisiana must use congressional map with 2 majority black districts. Share Copy Link. ... The new majority-Black district runs from Baton Rouge to Shreveport and puts ...

In June 2022, Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick issued an injunction against the map, saying challengers would likely win their suit claiming it violated the Voting Rights Act.

A view of the Mississippi River and downtown Baton Rouge from the Louisiana State Capitol’s observation deck on Nov. 12, 2021. Louisiana lawmakers on a Senate committee advanced a new state ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A bill to draw a new Louisiana Supreme Court map is on its way to Gov. Jeff Landry. The Legislature passed it in the 2024 Special Legislative Session. The bill ...

Louisiana's Legislature has approved a new congressional map that adds a second majority Black district with boundaries stretching from Baton Rouge to Alexandria to Shreveport, ending two years of ...