Louisiana

Louisiana Republicans selected Congresswoman Julia Letlow as their nominee for the U.S. Senate on Saturday. Letlow defeated State Treasurer John Fleming with about 57 percent of the vote in the runoff.

June 22, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

A $101 million project will restore a critical stretch of marshland protecting New Orleans from storm surges. The work is scheduled to begin next summer and finish in mid-2029.

In a follow-up to its April 29 ruling in Callais v. Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order on May 5 allowing the decision—striking down the state's congressional map as a racial gerrymander—to take effect immediately. Justice Samuel Alito, in a concurrence, sharply criticized Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's lone dissent as 'baseless' and 'insulting,' highlighting tensions amid 2026 election battles.

May 05, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin Ti ṣayẹwo fun ododo

A federal judge in Baton Rouge issued a temporary restraining order late Sunday blocking Louisiana from enforcing a new law that would abolish the elected Orleans Parish clerk of Criminal District Court and merge its duties into the civil clerk’s office, a change that would prevent clerk-elect Calvin Duncan from taking office. By Monday morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had granted the state an emergency stay, allowing the law to take effect while the legal fight continues.

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 29, 2026, decision in Louisiana v. Callais declaring the state's congressional map an unconstitutional racial gerrymander (as covered previously in this series), Louisiana has suspended its upcoming primaries for U.S. House races. The ruling affects one of the state's two Democratic-held majority-Black districts. Other primaries, including U.S. Senate, proceed May 16.

April 28, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

The US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a lawsuit by Plaquemines Parish against Chevron must be transferred from state to federal court, effectively voiding a $745 million judgment against the oil company. The decision stems from Chevron's activities during World War II as a military contractor off Louisiana's coast. Legal experts describe the move as frustrating but not a final win for the oil industry.