Court shoots down effort to stop redrawing of state map

Court squashes state effort to stop redrawing of congressional map

Redistricting lawsuit: A federal appeals court on Friday shot down a last-ditch legal effort to stop the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional maps, rejecting Louisiana officials’ request to apply a separate court’s findings to the redistricting case.

State budget: Gov.-elect Jeff Landry in January will inherit a state budget vastly changed from the one Gov. John Bel Edwards inherited in 2016, James Finn reports. The state will have a $395 million surplus next year, though economists warn the financial picture could soon change.

Jan. 6 conspiracy theories: Some Louisiana congressional Republicans are leading an effort to rebrand the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, Mark Ballard reports. See who has blamed the FBI for the attack, and who just released more security footage of what happened.

Numbers to Know

Louisiana will receive $1.35B from the federal government to expand broadband Internet in 2024

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Some 200,000 locations, mostly rural, will benefit

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Source: National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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