Louisiana's congressional map with two majority-black districts faces a constitutional challenge that Attorney General Liz Murrill says violates equal protection.

Gov. Jeff Landry declared a moratorium Wednesday on new applications for carbon capture injection wells in Louisiana and wants state regulators to prioritize review of the more than 30 applications already before them.

Louisiana Solictor General Hashim Mooppan, in an exchange with Justice Sotomayor, expands on the question discussed by the plaintiff about the difference between racial and partisan gerrymandering during a Supreme Court case about the state's new district map.

No Democrat holds a statewide elected office in Louisiana, where President Trump had landslide support in his 2024 election.

Democratic former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that he will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. The seat is currently held by Republican Sen.

Justice Samuel Alito drilled down on whether race is a proxy for partisan affiliation, during an oral argument Wednesday in a case on whether Louisiana's congressional districts are racially gerrymandered.