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Legal setbacks shifting fight over Baton Rouge school board maps to future elections

Por: The Advocate Crime September 17, 2022

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After losing last week in federal court, opponents of the election maps being used for this fall’s East Baton Rouge Parish School Board races are running out of options .Recent legal fights, which have played out in multiple courtrooms, have frozen in place School Board maps that were approved in 2014 and are based on the 2010 U.S census. The legal battles have frustrated School Board efforts to replace those maps with new ones based on the... + full article



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