The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana (2024)

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Check it out today! Three federal judges who threw out new congressional map asked the chief elec- tions Monday for a hard deadline on the latest a map can be in place to conduct the Nov. 5 elections. The three-judge panel issued a 2-1 decision last week ruling congressional map creating a second Black majority district was unconstitution- al because of impermissible racial siding with the who sued to block the boundaries. That left Louisiana without a congressional map and the U.S. House members and their voters in the dark on representation.

status conference conducted in open court. It was held virtually and only included the parties in the case. Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry has previously said she needed clarity on a map by May 15 in order to conduct the fall congressional elections, but the judges asked her to respond by Friday with a hard deadline they believe can be extended. A spokeman for Landry reitered her position Mon- day. is indeed a hard deadline for us to imple- ment the November Landry spokesman Joel Watson said in a statement to USA Today Network.

what been saying since this case be- congressional map drama continues Greg Hilburn Shreveport Times USA TODAY NETWORK See MAP, Page 5A The Ida Shelter program ended, but residents re- main in campers as state and parish governments work out how to close the program. The state-funded Ida Shelters program provided Hurricane Ida survivors campers after their homes were destroyed or made uninhabitable by the storm. These campers are separate from the FEMA trailers Ida Shelters program comes to an end Colin Campo Houma Courier-Thibodaux Daily Comet USA TODAY NETWORK See PROGRAM, Page 5A The Provenance Town Center was bustling with ex- citement Saturday, May 4, as partygoers dressed in their best fascinators and seersucker anxiously await- ed the Kentucky Derby. Shreveport Derby Day returned to the region fol- lowing a year hiatus. A partygoer Katy Kent said, a great way to get out and support the community and Katy Kent a partygoer at the Shreveport Derby Day at Provenance Community.

HENRIETTA TIMES Check out the Shreveport Derby Day Makenzie Boucher Shreveport Times USA TODAY NETWORK See DERBY, Page 2A North Norwood is Player of the Year SPORTS, 1B You may think that 1 trillion noisy periodical cica- das emerging in the Midwest and southern states this spring is gross but got something even more disgusting to tell you. As the Brood XIII and Brood XIX cicadas emerge, the two broods will also produce huge amounts of pee. Yes, pee, more commonly called honeydew or ci- cada rain, according to John Cooly, an entomologist at the University of Connecticut. Periodical cicadas, which appear in large numbers once every 13 to 17 years, have the unique ability to urinate in high-velocity jets, according to a recent ar- ticle in the journal Proceedings of the National Acad- Cicadageddon 2024 could bring massive amounts of Janet Loehrke Shreveport Times USA TODAY NETWORK See CICADAS, Page 2A.

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