new supermajority of Republicans enacted abortion restrictions.... In Vermont, a new supermajority of

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rejected Wisconsin’s legislative maps, it adopted the congressional maps as proposed by Evers

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Louis that Democrats unfairly diluted Black voters from a traditionally Black state House district, instead saying the move was done to shore up white Downstate Democratic districts in rural areas where Republican strength is increasing.... Pritzker later tempered his commitment, saying he would not sign an “ unfair ” map. There was no immediate comment from the map’s other challengers on whether they would seek an appeal. But state Rep.... Rather than pack ethnic and racial voters into distri

close Fox News Flash top headlines for January 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the current Republican-drawn maps unconstitutional, leading to the submission of new maps.... But Democrats have made gains in recent years, winning the governor’s office in 2018 and again in 2022 and taking over majority control of the state Supreme Court, setting the stage for the redistricting ruling....

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GOP lawmakers came to the floor later Wednesday when the House reconvened after a recess. The attendance situation was initially worse in the Senate, which didn’t field enough members for most of the chamber’s business to begin until late Wednesday afternoon.... After much debate, the bill passed in the Senate along party lines late Wednesday by a 41-16 vote.... Tim Butler, a Springfield Republican, accused the majority Democrats of using new judicial maps to extend their control to local acro

Senate passage would send the measure to Democratic Gov.... Tim Butler, right, R-Springfield, questions Illinois state Rep.... That map was drawn to beat a June 30 state constitutional deadline that would have given Republicans a chance to control the mapmaking process. Republicans and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed federal lawsuits over the earlier map....

The House of Representatives voted Friday to approve legislation that would decriminalize marijuana