The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the ...

In this sweltering political August, redistricting has become the hot fight of the moment. It’s driving Texas Democrats to ...

Democrats are trying to make that risk very salient – that they’re going to retaliate,” Professor Michael Kang, a political ...

Texas state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond battled a Republican redistricting plan in 2003. He's doing it again this year but staying in Texas to fight.

The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the ...

Dozens of legal marijuana dispensaries ordered to close because New York officials mistakenly let them open too close to ...

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has rolled out a new policy targeting Democrats who fled the state to avoid a vote on redistricting.

But sometimes the effort backfires: In trying to maximize their seats, a party spreads its voters too thin and fails to make some districts safe enough. These vulnerable districts can then flip to the ...

Texas Democrat elected officials who fled the state to avoid redistricting face Gov. Greg Abbot's deadline Friday to return ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday in Alaska to discuss bringing ...

States like Texas are drawing new congressional maps to give an advantage to one party, but Iowa's redistricting system makes gerrymandering unlikely.