The state Senate on Tuesday agreed to redraw the boundaries of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a key step toward creating a second Black-majority seat on the seven-member court.
A former deacon Louisiana was excommunicated from the Catholic Church after his son was sexually abused as a minor by a priest-a penalty the deacon says is meant to silence and punish him.
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Gov.-elect Jeff Landry and a majority of the Louisiana Supreme Court are pushing to have state legislators redraw the court’s boundaries during an upcoming special session by approving a plan