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  • Three parishes not cleared yet by DOJ for elections

    August 31, 2011 12:52 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The Department of Justice has not cleared redistricting plans for three Louisiana parishes, which will keep them from holding police jury elections Oct. 22. A lawsuit also seeks to block a fourth parish from holding their elections. Sailor Jackson with the La. Secretary of State's Office... more »
  • DOJ clears Louisiana education districts

    August 8, 2011 5:26 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Federal officials have given clearance to redesigned maps for Louisiana's top education board, wrapping up the final outstanding state redistricting plan awaiting approval. The U.S. Department of Justice didn't object Monday to the eight elected districts for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education - clearing... more »
  • Justice Department clears La. congressional remap

    August 1, 2011 7:11 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The U.S. Department of Justice has cleared Louisiana's new map for its congressional districts, which lawmakers drew in a special legislative session earlier this year. The plan shrinks the number of Louisiana congressional districts from seven to six, starting with the 2012 elections, because of the... more »
  • Federal decision due on La. congressional remap

    August 1, 2011 3:13 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Today is the deadline for the U.S. Department of Justice to decide whether to clear Louisiana's new maps for congressional districts, which lawmakers drew in a special legislative session earlier this year. The plan will shrink the number of Louisiana congressional districts from seven to six, starting with... more »
  • La. House gets DOJ clearance on its remap

    June 20, 2011 6:32 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The redesign of the Louisiana House's 105 seats has received clearance from the U.S. Justice Department. House Speaker Jim Tucker made the announcement Monday on the House floor, to cheers. A DOJ letter confirms that the department "does not interpose any objection." Federal approval came... more »
  • House Speaker refuses request to change remap firm

    April 27, 2011 2:32 PM

    BATON ROUGE - House Speaker Jim Tucker says he won't hire a different law firm to represent the House in its remapping effort, despite complaints the current firm has a conflict of interest. Tucker says he chose Washington, D.C.-based Holtzman Vogel PLLC because of its expertise. He denies his... more »
  • House submitting its map to DOJ and federal judge

    April 21, 2011 4:43 PM

    BATON ROUGE - House Speaker Jim Tucker says the remapping plan for the 105 state House seats will be sent to the U.S. Justice Department and to a Washington, D.C., federal judge for approval. Louisiana must get all political boundary line changes approved under the 1965 Voting Rights Act... more »
  • Lawmakers approve congressional district remapping

    April 13, 2011 3:58 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Louisiana lawmakers have approved a congressional district map a few hours before the end of the special redistricting session. The House voted 65-34 and the Senate voted 25-13 to approve the compromise measure, which reduces the amount of congressional districts in the state from seven to... more »
  • La. lawmakers working on congressional compromise

    April 13, 2011 1:42 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Senate has sent a compromise congressional district map to the House, hoping to break through a stalemate with only hours to go before the redistricting special session must end. The House is expected to vote Wednesday afternoon on the map to shrink the state's... more »
  • Redistricting special session enters final stretch

    April 10, 2011 10:54 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Not a single map is complete and passed as lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday for the final three days of a special session to redesign political boundary lines. While the state House and state Senate district remaps are expected to be wrapped up before the... more »
  • La. Senate debates congressional redesign plan

    April 5, 2011 11:23 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Senators are deciding how they want to divvy up the state's six congressional districts, a day after bogging down in debate over which parishes to split. The Senate is considering three different proposals Tuesday to shrink the delegation from seven members and to merge two congressmen... more »
  • La. House haggling over congressional remap

    April 4, 2011 5:28 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Lawmakers in the House are debating how to carve Louisiana into six congressional districts, with the state losing one of its seven congressional members because of anemic population growth. The House worked through a full day of debate Monday. Senators shelved the matter until Tuesday after... more »
  • La. House, Senate take up congressional remap

    April 4, 2011 11:07 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Both the full House and Senate are taking up the congressional remap, deciding how to carve up the state into six U.S. House districts. The state is losing a congressional seat because its population growth wasn't as strong as other states. As floor debate began... more »
  • House committee backs 2 north congressional seats

    March 31, 2011 4:49 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The House's redistricting committee has sided with two north Louisiana congressmen, backing remap plans that would maintain the core of their districts by extending them further south. The redesign favored by the House and Governmental Affairs Committee would protect the structure of the districts held by... more »
  • PSC, BESE remap plans coast through La. House

    March 30, 2011 4:43 PM

    BATON ROUGE - District redesigns for Louisiana's utility regulators and top education board have easily sailed through the Louisiana House. Lawmakers asked no questions Wednesday about the remapping for the five districts of the Public Service Commission or for the eight elected districts of the Board of Elementary and... more »
  • Grand Isle, Plaquemines Parish redistricting issues

    March 28, 2011 6:06 PM

    BATON ROUGE- State lawmakers are still hotly debating a list of possible changes to the Louisiana House Redistricting map. The current version of the plan calls for splitting Plaquemines Parish into two districts. The parish located south New Orleans is currently in a single district. State Representative Ernest... more »
  • Jindal staff meets with GOP lawmakers on remap

    March 28, 2011 1:32 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La. - Lawmakers say two of Gov. Bobby Jindal's top advisers have been discussing the redesign of state political maps with the Legislature's Republican delegation, after the governor urged bipartisanship for the redistricting special session. Jindal chief of staff Timmy Teepell and executive counsel Stephen Waguespack met... more »
  • House debates configuration of its 105 districts

    March 28, 2011 10:03 AM

    BATON ROUGE - A reshaping of the Louisiana House's 105 districts to match the latest census data is up for debate on the House floor. A handful of representatives dissatisfied with plans to merge their districts are proposing changes to the map during Monday's debate, as the special redistricting... more »
  • House committee backs 30th minority House district

    March 23, 2011 4:49 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Against the wishes of House Speaker Jim Tucker, the House redistricting committee has narrowly backed a redesign of the 105 state House districts that would add a new minority district in Shreveport. Jim Tucker, a Republican, proposed a remapping plan that would increase majority black districts... more »
  • La. House redistricting plan taking shape

    March 23, 2011 6:23 AM

    BATON ROUGE- A redesign of the 105 state House districts is up for its first vote in the redistricting special session. The House and Governmental Affairs Committee will meet today to discuss proposals to rework the districts to account for new census data, including post-Hurricane Katrina population shifts and... more »
  • Four GOP reps outline preferred redistricting map

    March 22, 2011 11:51 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Four Republican Louisiana congressmen have backed a redistricting plan that would preserve two vertical, north Louisiana-based congressional districts, despite continued population loss in the area. U.S. Reps. Rodney Alexander, Charles Boustany, Bill Cassidy and John Fleming say the map they prefer considers common economic and cultural heritage... more »
  • La. House, public set to discuss redistricting

    March 21, 2011 3:27 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Louisiana House committees will meet today to discuss redistricting bills filed on the first day of the special session, while the state Senate committees will meet on Tuesday. The public can give their input about redistricting at a public meeting that will be held today at 6... more »
  • La. special session on redistricting begins Sunday

    March 20, 2011 12:32 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La.- Lawmakers are opening their once-a-decade special session to redraw Louisiana's political boundaries, to conform with new population data. Battles already are brewing over population shifts from Hurricane Katrina, a push for new minority-led districts and the need to shrink the congressional delegation by one member. ... more »
  • La. House redistricting plan unveiled Friday

    March 18, 2011 2:51 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The first draft of a remapping plan for Louisiana's state House districts would cut six districts from the metropolitan New Orleans area and shift them to the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and to Baton Rouge and its suburbs. House Speaker Jim Tucker unveiled the proposed... more »
  • Disagreements emerge over La. court redistricting

    February 21, 2011 4:03 PM

    BATON ROUGE - When lawmakers gather next month to redraw Louisiana's political district lines, maps for the Louisiana Supreme Court and state appeals courts may be left on the cutting room floor. Lawmakers are required to redraw the boundary lines of congressional, legislative, Public Service Commission and education board... more »
  • Legislature seeks public comment on redistricting

    February 11, 2011 5:34 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Lawmakers are holding a series of meetings around Louisiana to receive public comment about upcoming plans to redraw the state's political maps. The redistricting meetings begin Feb. 17 in Covington and run through March 1 in Alexandria. Stops include New Orleans, Houma, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Lafayette,... more »
  • UPDATE: Louisiana loses Congressional representation

    December 21, 2010 10:48 AM

    WASHINGTON, D.C.- Louisiana is losing one of its congressional seats. New census data was released Tuesday, showing the state's congressional delegation will shrink from seven to six House seats in the 2012 elections. That's because Louisiana's population hasn't grown as quickly as other states. The U.S. Census Bureau has supplied... more »
  • Special session called to redraw political lines

    December 20, 2010 6:01 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Louisiana lawmakers are calling themselves into a special session for the first time in history. The special session will start March 20th and will focus on redistricting and reapportionment. After U.S. Census numbers are released tomorrow, lawmakers will use the information to redraw political lines... more »
  • State Rep. Gallot to speak about redistricting

    December 20, 2010 10:53 AM

    BATON ROUGE - State Rep. Rick Gallot (D-Ruston) will be the guest speaker at today's Baton Rouge Press Club meeting. Gallot is scheduled to talk about Louisiana's redistricting plans, when state lawmakers will use newly-released census information to set Louisiana's Congressional districts. News 2's Mike Steele will have... more »
  • Louisiana redistricting workshop to be open to public

    September 30, 2009 4:17 PM

    A two-day legislative workshop about the process for redrawing Louisiana's political district lines will now be open to the public. The redistricting meeting, to be held Thursday and Friday in Alexandria, was originally planned as a closed-door session only for members of two legislative committees and their staff. But House... more »
  • Political analyst blasts Gov. Jindal

    September 28, 2009 4:59 PM

    Longtime Louisiana political analyst Elliott Stonecipher attacked state government, including Governor Bobby Jindal, for creating what he calls a system of government that "can't be trusted." During his almost hour long speech at the Baton Rouge Press Club's meeting this afternoon, Stonecipher accused the governor's office of having a... more »

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