Who won, lost in the legislative session?

Who won, lost in the legislative session?

Lege fiasco: Who were the winners and losers of this year's legislative session? Tyler Bridges and James Finn explore the question in this story on the session's final hours, which were characterized by chaos and last-minute budget changes.

Supreme Court: Attorney General Jeff Landry's office and voters' rights advocacy groups want federal courts to revive cases over Louisiana's political maps, after the Supreme Court's ruling last week in favor of Black voters in Alabama, Sam Karlin reports.

War call? In a cryptic tweet last week seen by one author as a call to civil war, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins urged supporters of former President Donald Trump to "buckle up" and "know your bridges" ahead of Trump's indictment in Miami Tuesday, Mark Ballard reports. Trump is accused of mishandling sensitive federal security information.

Numbers to Know

Lawmakers granted $101M to revamp the PMAC

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Lawmakers granted $32M to aid the 1,800 Hurricane Ida victims still in temporary housing

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There is one Black-majority congressional district, of six total

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33% of Louisiana's population is Black

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Source: Louisiana Legislature, U.S. Census Bureau