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Rusty Jacobs is a politics reporter for WUNC. Rusty previously worked at WUNC as a reporter and substitute host from 2001 until 2007 and now returns after

The North Carolina Senate's top Republican and Democrat issued a joint statement Wednesday saying legislators from both parties will work together in the

Top state Senate leaders say lawmakers from both parties will work together on maps in the coming days.

Top state Senate leaders say lawmakers from both parties will work together on maps in the coming days.

State lawmakers must again draw new political districts, following a major ruling from the North Carolina Supreme Court last week. But just how much will the new lines change, and is the recent ruling likely to be revisited? WUNC Politics reporter Rusty Jacobs offers insight on the major decision and the likely next steps.

The state Supreme Court has declared congressional and state legislative district maps drawn by the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican majority to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered based on partisan bias.

The state Supreme Court has declared congressional and state legislative district maps drawn by the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican majority to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered based on partisan bias.

A three-judge panel has rejected claims from voting rights advocates that the Republican maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

A three-judge panel has rejected claims from voting rights advocates that the Republican maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

A three-judge panel will now decide whether the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican majority gerrymandered political maps with extreme, unconstitutional partisan bias.