Louisiana state House lawmakers passed a bill on Friday that would create a new congressional map with a second majority-black district to comply with a court order.
The bill will now head to the desk of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry for signing.
“The outcome of this special session is a win for the people of Louisiana,” Mr. Landry said in a statement on Friday. “We have finally taken the pen out of the hand of a federal judge and placed it back in the people of this state to draw our congressional maps,” he added.
U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, an appointee of President Barack Obama, ruled in 2022 that the previous map was in violation of the Voting Rights Act and ordered the legislature to redraw it or she would….
