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Several Fall River and New Bedford area politicians support updating the redistricting proposal to combine the two into one congressional district.

A push to amend the legislature's draft congressional map to unite Fall River and New Bedford in a single district continues to pick up steam.

BOSTON (AP) — State lawmakers released a proposed new map of Massachusetts congressional districts Monday. The map avoids any large-scale dramatic shifts in district lines, in large part because the state retained the same number of congressional districts — nine.

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers who must draw new district lines for all 200 state House and Senate seats unveiled new proposed maps Tuesday that they said would help strengthen

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers who must draw new district lines for all 200...

Massachusetts census data shows the state population grew by 482,288 (7.4%) since 2010. Much of that growth was in the eastern part of the state.

After months of pandemic-induced delays, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released the local-level population and demographic data from the 2020 count of the nations population, triggering a sprint to

Lawmakers wade into redistricting without key data More than a dozen hearings planned over next six months Matt Murphy State House News Service BOSTON — By most accounts, the redistricting process 10 years ago was a huge success. The district maps produced by legislative leaders avoided challenges in federal court for the first time in decades and most stakeholders walked away feeling heard. Despite losing a Congressional seat, the Legislature created double the number of majority-minority di...