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Wisconsin justices skeptical of GOP redistricting proposal
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican-backed push to fast-track redistricting lawsuits in the Wisconsin Supreme Court met with skepticism during a Thursday hearing, with the court's conservative chief justice questioning why the proposal was necessary and how the thinly staffed court could be expected to draw...
Wisconsin Supreme Court focuses on redistricting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court turns its attention to redistricting on Thursday, considering a request backed by Republicans to change its current procedures for handling cases related to the once-a-decade process of drawing new political boundaries. Conservatives, with the support of...
Arizona redistricting commission to hold its first meeting
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's latest redistricting commission will meet Thursday for the first time to be sworn in and interview five independents nominated to serve as the panel's chair and potential tie-breaking vote . The Independent Redistricting Commission is formed each decade under a 2000 voter-approved...
Hogan announces legislative redistricting commission
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced a commission to draw legislative and congressional maps for the 2022 elections. The Republican governor has repeatedly made redistricting reform a priority of his tenure, though legislation to create an independent panel has stalled. Hogan, a...
Georgia lawmakers eye citizen's arrest, gambling, vouchers
ATLANTA (AP) — Overhauling voting laws has been all many Georgia lawmakers have been able to talk about for months, but many other issues are likely to come to the fore in the 2021 session of the General Assembly. Changes to Georgia’s citizens arrest law could be in the offing after the Ahmaud...
Official: Boise area might gain 1 legislative district
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Population estimates suggest the Boise metropolitan region will gain another legislative district at the expense of rural Idaho, a state official said. Keith Bybee, the deputy division manager of the Legislative Services budget office, said Thursday that while 2020 census figures...
Nebraska begins 2021 session focused on districting, prison
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers kicked off a new session Wednesday with plans to redraw the state's political districts and promises to minimize the dysfunction that has creeped into the Legislature over the last several years. The new session began on a cordial note, with newly elected Speaker of...
Citizens chosen for Virginia bipartisan redistricting panel
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A panel of judges has selected eight citizens who will join eight legislators on a bipartisan commission that will redraw Virginia's legislative boundaries for the next decade. A referendum approved by voters in November creates the 16-member commission to draw lines for Virginia's...
Big issues expected for scaled-back Nebraska session
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers will begin a new session Wednesday that’s likely to be scaled back because of the pandemic, but they’ll still have a lot of big issues to debate, including a proposed $230 million prison and the mandatory redrawing of the state’s political...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald. Jan. 1, 2021. Editorial: A terrible year has ended. Let’s work together in the Midlands for revival It’s New Year’s Day, and that’s a global sigh of relief you’re hearing. A sigh that, today, humanity can look in the rear-view mirror and see the Terrible Year...
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