Voting districts
Senate Republicans OK local redistricting delay

Jun. 23, 2021 01:15 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate approved a Republican bill Wednesday that would delay local governments’ redistricting efforts. ...

FILE - This April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. A group of Harvard researchers are coming out against the U.S. Census Bureau's use of a controversial privacy method on the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn't produce data that are good enough for redistricting. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data

By Adrian Sainz Jun. 22, 2021 05:07 PM EDT

Michigan court asked to change dates to draw political maps

By Ed White Jun. 21, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — A clash over the Michigan Constitution hit the state's highest court Monday as a commission that must draw seats for Congress and the...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 20, 2021. Editorial: Fairer Ohio redistricting does not include arming one party at taxpayer expense ...

Wisconsin Assembly passes local redistricting delay

By Scott Bauer Jun. 16, 2021 03:38 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Redistricting of local political boundary lines in Wisconsin would be delayed a year or more under a bill backed by Republicans and local...

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2020 photo, Baltimore Police Academy cadets listen to an instructor during an on the field class session learning to direct traffic, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Baltimore. As rising murder rates gain attention in U.S. cities, Republicans have ramped up misleading attacks by casting Democrats as anti-police. It's a message they believe helped them stave off greater Democratic gains and one with renewed potency particularly in cities that cut police department budgets amid calls to overhaul policing last year. It's not clear whether the GOP strategy, with roots back to President Nixon's law-and-order message, will be a success for a party that has little support in American cities. But Republicans hope to stem their decline in suburbs with by attacking Democrats' on domestic safety. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 13, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Akron Beacon Journal. June 6, 2021. Editorial: Taking time to listen is wise move; trying to silence others is not ...

Democratic candidate Melanie Stansbury, left, hugs her mother, Sunny Birklund, at the Hotel Albuquerque as results come in for the New Mexico 1st Congressional District special election to fill former U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland's seat, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Albuquerque, N.M. Haaland resigned her seat to become United States Secretary of the Interior. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Democrats seek momentum in lopsided US House victory

By Morgan Lee And Susan Montoya Bryan Jun. 02, 2021 03:25 PM EDT

Elesha Gayman, Democratic chairwoman in Scott County, Iowa, stands outside her office, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Davenport, Iowa. Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race last year might have ignited a rally from Democrats whose six-vote loss was the narrowest for any U.S. House seat in almost 40 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
'Past the point of no return'? Iowa Dems feel hopes fading

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 01, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 31, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. May 26, 2021. Editorial: Sound principle, not narrow partisanship, must guide Nebraska’s redistricting ...

FILE - This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. Michigan's slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend as job-seekers and retirees have fled to other states. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Conservatives aim at Census' method for uncounted households

By Mike Schneider And Nicholas Riccardi May. 30, 2021 11:55 AM EDT

Illinois State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, questions Illinois State Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, on House Bill 2777, the bill redrawing the legislative districts in Illinois, on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Friday, May 28, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
Democrat-drawn legislative maps head to Pritzker for action

By John O'connor May. 28, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

Madeleine Doubek, the Executive Director of Change Illinois, delivers her remarks virtually on the proposed boundaries for new state legislative districts during a public hearing with the House and Senate redistricting committees at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
Democrats, $200K consultant agree on map; not most others

By John O'connor May. 26, 2021 06:11 PM EDT

Nebraska lawmakers OK guidelines for fall redistricting

May. 26, 2021 12:43 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers approved formal guidelines Wednesday for the redrawing of political boundaries, a process that will shape the state's...

FILE - In this April 1, 2019 file photo, Noelle Fries, 6, left, and Galen Biel, 6, both of Minneapolis, attend a rally at the Minnesota Capitol to kick off a year-long drive to try to ensure that all Minnesota residents are counted in the 2020 census. Minnesotans spent 18 months worrying over whether the 2020 Census would finally cost them a precious seat in Congress. Residents voluntarily returned their census forms at the highest rate in the nation. Their dedication likely saved the day. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)
Ohio, Census Bureau reach agreement on redistricting data

By Mike Schneider May. 25, 2021 12:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., speaks after a verdict in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial in New York. On June 22, 2021, Democrats will be voting in a party primary for Manhattan’s next district attorney. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
Trump criminal investigation looms over Manhattan DA race

By Michael R. Sisak May. 23, 2021 09:18 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

By The Associated Press May. 18, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
Kansas City Star. May 14, 2021. Editorial: GOP blames Kelly for delays getting Kansans the unemployment checks they want to end ...

FILE - This Jan. 17, 2021, file photo shows the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina's Legislature is ending its regular session on Thursday, April 13, 2021, ceremonially wrapping up its duties but expecting at least several returns later in the year to handle more work, including how to spend federal funding related to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
South Carolina lawmakers end formal session, to return soon

By Meg Kinnard May. 13, 2021 03:13 PM EDT

Texas runoff election for US House seat set for July 27

May. 12, 2021 05:52 PM EDT
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A July 27 special election runoff was set Wednesday between two Republicans for a North Texas district's vacant U.S. House seat. ...

In this Monday, April 20, 2020 file photo a woman jogs at Beachwood City Park West, in Beachwood, Ohio. The first numbers from the 2020 census show southern and western states gaining congressional seats while several northern states are losing residents. The once-a-decade head count shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Ohio urges judges to keep Census Bureau on data deadline

By Mike Schneider May. 12, 2021 04:00 PM EDT