Population shifts affect redistricting
As the Legislature opened a special session yesterday (Tuesday) on redistricting, one major focus is whether two of the state's six congressional districts should be redrawn to give minority residents a better chance to elect two Black congressmen instead of one.
Black leaders and civil rights groups say that is only fair since African Americans make up nearly one-third of the state's population and the 2020 Census shows that northern Louisiana, which has two white representatives in Congress, has lost population.