The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 3-4 Wednesday against advancing a Democratic bill that would establish a “Louisiana Voting Rights Act.” The bill’s author, Sen. Royce Duplessis, ...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) deciding to move forward with the state’s Senate ...
The Supreme Court's decision on Wednesday to weaken a provision of the Voting Rights Act strikes down a Democrat-held, ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) — A bill looking to ensure every Louisiana voter could make it to the ballot box and have an equal voice in their government went before the Senate and Governmental Affairs ...
Republicans on the Louisiana Senate Governmental Affairs Committee April 8 killed a bill by New Orleans Democratic Sen. Royce Duplessis that would have created a statewide voting rights act, despite ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday hollowed out a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in ...