The North Carolina General Assembly met the deadline imposed by the North Carolina Supreme Court and approved new congressional and state legislative district maps on Thursday, Feb. 17. The deadline was Friday. The state House maps had bipartisan support in the legislature. However, both the stat...
"Partisan intent predominated over all other redistricting criteria resulting in extreme partisan gerrymandered legislative maps," the judges wrote. "The effect of these carefully crafted partisan maps is that, in all but the most unusual election scenarios, the Republican Party will control ...
As New York's Legislative session enters its final hours, a plan to provide funds for the MTA to continue critical upgrade projects is hanging by a thread after Gov. Kathy Hochul indefinitely paused the congestion pricing program in New York City. ...
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“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.” Elections Redistricting States Wisconsin Janet Bewley State representatives applaud former Assembly Leaders seated in the gallery during the 100th o...
These arguments are separate from the ongoing debate over the state’s Legislative maps, which were approved earlier this month. However, court challenges to those maps, including from House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre and Latino community advocates, are pending. ...
or if a stalemate eventually leads to court-drawn maps. • Pennsylvania: No surprise here: The Republican majority on the PA Supreme Court picked a Republican superior court judge to serve as a tiebreaker on the panel which will re-draw Pennsylvania’s state legislative maps. This is a ...
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Sam Hirsch, a lawyer representing the NC League of Conservation Voters, told the court that state lawmakers shouldn’t be allowed to draw new legislative maps. Implications for other federal and state court cases After Republicans lost the first redistricting case last year, they appealed to the...
The state has an unicameral legislature and comprises the Odisha Legislative Assembly which has 147 elected members, speaker and deputy speaker. Odisha High Court is located in Cuttack. The governor is appointed by the President and is the head of the state. ...