Committee sends redistricting map to full House

By: GRACIE THOMAS AND SHERIDAN WHITE LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – An amended congressional district map eliminating one of Louisiana’s two majority-Democratic districts was approved by the House and Governmental Affairs Committee in a 10-7 vote down party lines on Thursday, May 21, after a 10-hour hearing highlighted by vocal opposition. The new district map, amended su...