By TAYLOR VANCE/Mississippi Today Lawmakers on Monday took the first steps toward potentially redrawing Mississippi’s legislative, congressional and judicial districts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Louisiana v. Callais decision that weakened minority voting protections. The Joint Redistricting…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- The process of redrawing Mississippi’s political districts is moving forward as Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann named the ten Senate members who will…
Lawmakers reformed Mississippi’s Youth Court System during a three-day special session earlier this month. Meanwhile Governor Tate Reeves wants lawmakers to work on another major issue. State Senator Jeremy England is…
By DAVID A. LIEB The Florida Supreme Court has allowed new U.S. House districts drawn by Republicans to be used in the midterm elections, marking another victory for the GOP in a nationwide redistricting effort aimed at helping the party retain its slim…
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE New York Democrats are wading into the national redistricting wars — just don’t expect a victory before this year’s midterm elections. Democrats in the state Legislature are taking the first steps toward a plan to give themselves more control over redistricting,…
By JACK BROOK and MARC LEVY BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with just one of its two majority-Black House districts represented by Democrats. Approval…
By DAVID A. LIEB and JACK BROOK Louisiana must redraw its congressional districts in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that its map was racially gerrymandered. The question before state lawmakers now is how exactly to do that. The House is considering one option…
By DAVID A. LIEB A frenzied redistricting effort ahead of the November elections has reshaped congressional voting districts for millions of Americans — and it isn’t over yet. Since President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts last…
By MEG KINNARD, JEFFREY COLLINS, KIM CHANDLER and DAVID A. LIEB COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to reshape congressional districts ahead of the November elections suffered a double setback Tuesday, as South Carolina senators declined to do so and a federal court blocked a…
By KIM CHANDLER and DAVID A. LIEB Federal judges on Tuesday temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use a new congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state’s long-running redistricting…
The Mississippi Senate is following the state House’s lead in creating a special committee focused on the issue of redistricting. Two South Mississippi state senators are members of this committee, put into place by Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann. Brice Wiggins…
By DAVID A. LIEB, JACK BROOK and JEFFREY COLLINS Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, state senators passed a plan Thursday that would eliminate a majority-Black district while giving Republicans a chance to win an additional seat in…
By DAVID A. LIEB, JACK BROOK and JEFFREY COLLINS Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, state senators on Thursday are to consider a plan that would eliminate a majority-Black district while giving Republicans a chance to win an…
JACKSON, Miss. (WXXV)- The special legislative session that was set to begin next week to discuss the redrawing of state Supreme Court districts has been called off. The cancellation comes after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday vacated the…
By DAVID A. LIEB, JEFFREY COLLINS, JACK BROOK and KIM CHANDLER Missouri’s top court is hearing an important legal challenge Tuesday to one of President Donald Trump’s earliest redistricting successes while lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina weigh whether to become the most recent Republican…
By DAVID A. LIEB, KIM CHANDLER and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections, creating an opening for Republicans…
By TRAVIS LOLLER, KIM CHANDLER, JEFFREY COLLINS and DAVID A. LIEB NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee approved a new U.S. House map Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald…
By KIM CHANDLER and TRAVIS LOLLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Republican Alabama…
By DAVID A. LIEB A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle by providing Republican officials in several states new grounds to redraw voting districts. In Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced…
By BILL BARROW TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that President Donald Trump launched ahead of this year’s midterms. The vote came…
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts that tend to favor Democrats and…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and DAVID A. LIEB RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high…
By DAVID A. LIEB JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat in next year’s elections.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in a new court filing Friday. The attorneys also said it’s…