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‘Better, not bitter:’ Why a redistricted lawmaker keeps fighting
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana versus Callais decision gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, more than a dozen states moved to redraw their congressional district maps. Ten succeeded in quickly pushing through new lines.
Louisiana’s state legislature passed a new map that redrew the majority-Black district seat currently held by Democratic Representative Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge. His voters were at the center of the Callais decision.
Even though his district was redrawn in an effort to bolster Republican ranks in Congress, Fields remains optimistic.
John Cole’s Tennessee: Try THAT in a small town.
Paid family medical leave helps veterans transition out of the service. Too bad Lombardo vetoed it.
Watergatey times, 54 years after the break-in
The Republican’s dilemma in Montana this year