redistricting

Group holds fair maps rallies across Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. -- Volunteers with the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition rallied in cities across the state Friday. Last November, the state Supreme Court issued a least changes framework to…

Wisconsin Supreme Court says it will make 'minimum' changes to redistricting maps

Conservative majority says fairness of maps 'present political questions, not legal ones'

Saying it is not their job to draw maps that are politically "fair," the Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority said Tuesday they will make the minimum number of changes necessary to the state's current electoral maps to ensure they follow federal law.

Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin districts after census release

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to declare Wisconsin’s current congressional and legislative district boundaries unconstitutional and to implement new maps ahead of the “near certain event” that the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic governor…

Wisconsin Supreme Court takes redistricting lawsuit

The Wisconsin state Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review a Dane County judge’s ruling that Republican legislative leaders illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of legal challenges over redistricting.

GOP asks Supreme Court to take redistricting case

Republican legislative leaders have asked the conservative-leaning state Supreme Court to invalidate a Madison judge’s ruling that they illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of legal challenges over redistricting.

Judge rules against Wisconsin GOP in redistricting case

A judge ruled Thursday that Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of legal challenges over redistricting because there are no pending lawsuits over maps that have yet to be drawn.

Supreme Court takes up Texas redistricting case

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it plans to hear a significant voting rights case, agreeing to review a lower court opinion that invalidated congressional and statehouse maps in Texas.