It's a powerful moment for Black voters in this state and it's a powerful moment for history, said Ashley K. Shelton, president of the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and one of the plaintiffs who had challenged the map.
The whirlwind, five-day special session offered a first glimpse of how Mr. Landry, just two weeks into his term, will wield power in tandem with the Legislature's hard-line Republican supermajority, after eight years of divided government in Louisiana.
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