Senate advances 5-1 Republican map to House

By: SHERIDAN WHITE, KYLAH BABIN, AVERY WHITE AND GRACIE THOMAS LSU Manship School News Service (Editor’s Note: The comments from State Senator Heather Cloud were added by Ville Platte Gazette editor Tony Marks.) BATON ROUGE – The Senate voted 27-10 along party lines Thursday to advance to the House a new voting map that favors Republican candidates in five of Louisiana’s six congress...

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