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DOJ on Redistricting: Tell It to the Judge
The DOJ refuses to preclear U.S. and Texas House redistricting
"...state's Republican leaders to provide preclearance for their controversial redistricting plans, ensuring that the measure will be settled in..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Redistricting: 'Purposeful Discrimination'
The trampling of Travis County
"...The Republican congressional redistricting plan continues its march through the special session, trampling..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Redistricting Plan Passed by Committee
Only minor changes to five-way screwing of Travis County
"...About an hour ago, the Senate Redistricting Committee passed a redistricting plan that sticks it to..."

June 3, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Senate Redistricting Passes
Watson gets ABIA back
"...just passed the redrawing of its own lines for redistricting. As we've mentioned previously, this map would split Travis..."

May 17, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Redistricting: Try This on for Size
One group's idea for new Congressional lines
"...I'm currently at a hearing on redistricting at the Capitol, and a group called Texans for..."

April 7, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Redoubling Against Redistricting
Wentworth trying to avert another DeLay disaster
"...Sen. Jeff Wentworth's attempt to prevent another Tom DeLay re-redistricting fiasco continues to fall short. His Senate Bill 315..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Democrats Get a Boost From Court Redistricting
District 25 will now be more rooted in Travis County, yet also more conservative
"...been needlessly reshuffled to pay the price for constant redistricting at the whims of political power shifts in the..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

GOP Redistricting: Hosing down the ballot
The implications of three Republicans – Henry Bonilla, Lamar Smith, and Michael McCaul – all based somewhere else and representing Travis County, aren't merely about the county's representation in Congress. In a world of old-fashioned partisan politics, changing of guard also has down-ballot implications.
"...County (as the state has proposed in its latest re-redistricting map) aren't simply a question of the county's representation..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Independent Citizen's Commission for Redistricting Is the Answer
"...showing grassroots support for an independent citizen's commission for redistricting. We got hundreds of signatures and tons of enthusiastic..."

Aug. 13, 2003 Postmarks

TEXANS OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST REDISTRICTING
"...Legislative redistricting should have been a moot point by now because..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Postmarks

Redistricting 2001
Putting Texas Politics on the Map
"...for senators to get bounced from their seats by redistricting...."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Regarding Redistricting
"...Dear Editor, Regarding the redistricting and having all city councilpersons re-elected just goes to..."

March 14, 2022 Postmarks

SCOTUS Hears Texas Redistricting
Gerrymandering of congressional and state maps currently at high court
"...SCOTUS heard arguments in Abbott v. Perez, the state's redistricting case, a long and tangled saga that began in..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas' Redistricting Case Is Underway
Gerrymandered seats and missing documents
"...Texas' redistricting case began this week with the bombshell allegation that..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Redistricting: Everybody's Gotta Map!
More groups crowd the redistricting playing field
"...it's only natural that when the "non-political" Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission was formed and tasked with drafting political lines..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

City Redistricting Commission Wants Its Own Lawyer
ICRC gets down to brass tacks before drawing new City Council boundaries
"...until the July 17 meeting of the Inde­pen­dent Citizens Redistricting Com­mis­sion – the 14-member panel charged with drawing new..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Congressional Redistricting by the Numbers
Four of five proposed Travis districts likely Republican
"...The proposed map for congressional redistricting would chop up Travis County five ways and almost..."

May 31, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

LegeLand: Redistricting Takes Shape
Block-by-block census maps released
"...district maps, see www.tlc.state.tx.us/redist/redist.html. And for more background on redistricting, see "Painting by Numbers," Jan. 28...."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Current Redistricting Needs a Better Core Structure
"...Editor, Thank you for your great article about Texas redistricting [“Painting by Numbers,” News, Jan. 28]. As a relatively..."

Jan. 31, 2011 Postmarks

NEWS UPDATE: Court Releases Redistricting Map
More of Travis in Doggett’s district
"...A three-judge panel has released a redistricting map to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature

Redistricting 2001
Putting Texas Politics on the Map
"...Sadler, McClendon, and Counts are all on the House redistricting committee...."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Here's Where You Draw The Line: City, State Redistricting Hearings
Both ICRC and Texas House face the public Sept. 18

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Court Releases Redistricting Maps
Federal judges break Senate, Congressional districts into fragments

Feb. 28, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Answering the Redistricting Questions
The answers are mostly, no, no and May 29

Feb. 16, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Redistricting 2001
Putting Texas Politics on the Map

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Painting by Numbers
Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future
"...Lone Star lawmakers took up the hot-button chore of redistricting. The Dems fled the state to Ardmore (and later,..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Carving Up Texas
A Preview of Redistricting at the Lege
"...most self-interested and the least objective people to oversee redistricting." Which is exactly why the Lege won't let go..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle
Republican Bill Ratliff throws a monkeywrench into his own party's redistricting plans
"...Monday morning, the Senate Jurisprudence Committee, charged with congressional redistricting, convened and abruptly adjourned, after Chairman Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock,..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Maps, Balls, and Testifying
The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.
"...as the cross-examination of state witnesses in the congressional re-redistricting federal trial proceeded, Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Houston, offered to..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Rights and Consequences
The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.
"...The first happy result of the Texas congressional re-redistricting trial, currently proceeding in a federal courtroom at the..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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