TALLAHASSEE — Florida House leaders passed redistricting maps Friday and lambasted civil-rights groups that had backed the Fair Districts reforms and plan to argue in court the Legislature has thwarted the will of voters with "incumbent protection" plans.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court Friday ruled an independent commission's redistricting maps should be used for the June primary and November general election.
A last-minute critique of the Legislature’s redistricting maps from the Fair District proponents prompts a fiery response from lawmakers but doesn’t change their direction
The House Redistricting Committee forcefully pushed back against a blistering critique of their redistricting maps from the Fair Districts group that proposed the new standards and Friday rejected the group's alternative maps before passing three of its own. “I think it’s an unfortunate and more likely a legal stunt that this has taken, and I frankly find it offensive personally,” said Rep ...
A California Supreme Court ruling Friday significantly raised Democratic Party prospects of gaining the supermajority needed in the state Senate to pass tax or fee increases.
TALLAHASSEE — House Redistricting Chairman Will Weatherford lambasted Fair Districts supporters Friday morning for proposing amendments to new legislative and congressional maps this week and not showing up to defend them. Instead, Weatherford’s committee today passed amendments offered by Rep. Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, to all three House, Senate and congressional maps and sent them to floor ...
Caro goes back to the days when games often required you to chart some truly uncharted territories.
By Mary Ellen Klas and David DeCamp, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Friday, January 27, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — A House committee gave the final tweaks to the state's redistricting maps Friday and set them up for a final vote next week despite strong criticism from the Fair Districts coalition, which helped bring the new standards into law. The committee voted along party lines to advance the maps ...
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