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Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. September 19, 2023. Editorial: Brewers proposal isn’t a good deal for Wisconsin The new proposal to spend $614 million on American Family Field in exchange for the Brewers agreeing to stay in Milwaukee through 2050 is not the deal it’s...
Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point. Meanwhile, the state's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, won reelection by a relatively comfortable 5...
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans pass sweeping redistricting reform, but likely veto awaits
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Assembly passed a sweeping redistricting reform plan Thursday that takes the power of drawing maps out of the hands of lawmakers and gives it to nonpartisan staff. But Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has all-but promised to veto the...
Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. September 11, 2023. Editorial: Wisconsin districting fracas didn’t have to happen The rising noise about a potential attempt to impeach Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz is concerning. There are several reasons we dislike...
Wisconsin's Democratic governor rejects GOP's surprise redistricting plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers shot down as “bogus” a surprise plan Republicans floated Tuesday that would have the Legislature approve new maps drawn by nonpartisan staff, preempting the state Supreme Court from tossing the current GOP-drawn boundaries. ...
A Georgia redistricting trial begins with a clash over what federal law requires for Black voters
ATLANTA (AP) — Challengers to Georgia's voting district maps told a federal judge Tuesday that the state is legally required to provide more political opportunities to Black voters, while the state suggested plaintiffs are trying to impose illegal racial gerrymanders of congressional and...
New Mexico Supreme Court outlines guidance for handling gerrymandering lawsuit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court issued guidance Wednesday to a lower court on how to handle a challenge to the state’s new congressional maps. The high court also set a deadline of Oct. 1 for a district court in Roswell to resolve the case. ...
