The Dallas firm leading the challenge had previously offered the Keller school district a “path” to avoid litigation.

The bill adds a seventh district and is backed by Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murill. “It does draw a second minority-majority district,” Murill said. While this bill cleared ...

But a three-judge panel threw out the new boundaries, siding with challengers who argued that the new minority-majority district was an “impermissible racial gerrymander.” The state asked the ...