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The panel tasked with redrawing the political boundaries for Californias legislative Assembly and Senate districts, as well as the states 53 congressional House seats, based on the 2020 census is revving up its work as it strives to send the final maps to the secretary of state in time for next years elections. It is expected the Golden State will lose at least one congressional district when the census bureau releases the results from the decennial tally of the countrys population this summer....

When Black automatically means Chicago. Sheesh DOH.! I mean, seriously DOH. Total reporter FAIL. And we rely on the media to get things right, when they can’t even pull off this miracle of research? The sheer ignorance, oh, and it’s ignorance, that signaling is lost on those who think it’s fine saying “She-Caw-Go” and folks hear that whistle loud and clear… We have others saying “the suburbs” aren’t represented, yet all FOUR tops represent the suburbs… “just not *our* sub...

Texas advocates concerned about new district boundary lines 2 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago Tuesday, January 19 2021 Jan 19, 2021 January 19, 2021 7:59 AM January 19, 2021 in News - Local Share: The Texas State Legislature is working on redistricting, or drawing new district boundary lines that reflect the community. This year, advocates say they are focused on making sure that district boundary lines are drawn fairly.  Members of the Fair Maps TX Coalition, a group advocating for equal politica...

 

Reply State Representative Tim Butler. (IL House Staff) State Representatives Tim Butler (R-Springfield), Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) and Jackie Hass (R-Kankakee) held a press conference this afternoon to propose legislation creating an Independent Redistricting Commission and called for action during the upcoming Lame Duck Session. "The most basic protection against gerrymandering, and the partisan corruption it fosters, is to have a process in place to ensure all citizens are fairly represented," ...

All I want for Christmas Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is Fair Maps for Wisconsin. I know a lot of people want this too because 58 of our 72 counties have passed resolutions supporting Fair Maps, and over 70% of Wisconsinites support them as well. Right here in Jefferson County we recently passed a resolution supporting Fair Maps, 58% to 41%. Our legislators wouldn’t even have to figure out how to do this fairly because our neighbors in Iowa have been doing it for 40 years. The Iowa...

2,000 Object to Redistricting Proposal 272 pages of comments compiled by Fair Maps Coalition oppose state Supreme Court drawing legislative districts. //end headline wrapper ?> Assembly Districts Almost 2,000 additional comments opposing a proposal to give the Wisconsin Supreme Court power to draw state redistricting maps were made public in the days following the Nov. 30 comment deadline. Negative comments came from representatives of Gov. Tony Evers; a group of nine law professors; three e...

Workers at Wisconsin Voices say they were fired to shut down unionization. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Wisconsin Voices workers at a Fair Maps fundraiser earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Voices Workers. When workers at Wisconsin Voices told the progressive organizing and fundraising group that they had formed a staff union, they hoped the group’s leaders would accept their choice. Wisconsin Voices has for years partnered w...