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Republicans hailed passage of legislative and congressional redistricting maps Friday in the Florida House as historic because they are the first to be drawn under new anti-gerrymandering standards, but Democrats and other critics said it's too soon to celebrate.

Republicans hailed passage of legislative and congressional redistricting maps Friday in the Florida House as historic because they are the first to be drawn under new anti-gerrymandering standards, but Democrats and other critics said it's too soon to celebrate.

The Florida House voted along party lines for three redistricting maps Friday that proponents say reflect the state’s growing diversity and meet new anti-gerrymandering standards. But Democrats, who united in opposition in the 80-38 votes, said the proposals are unconstitutional because they manipulate political boundaries for Republican advantage, particularly a Senate map that appears to ...

The Florida House voted along party lines for three redistricting maps Friday that proponents say reflect the state’s growing diversity and meet new anti-gerrymandering standards. But Democrats, who united in opposition in the 80-38 votes, said the proposals are unconstitutional because they manipulate political boundaries for Republican advantage, particularly a Senate map that appears to ...

Legislative redistricting maps head to Senate; Dems, alleging bias, plan to sue

The controversy over Texas' redistricting maps took another twist on Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the maps drawn at federal court in San Antonio. The drawn-out saga has already resulted in the state primary being moved from March 6 to April 3.

By Bill Kaczor The Associated Press -- Republicans hailed passage of legislative and congressional redistricting maps Friday in the Florida House as historic because they are the first to be drawn under new anti-gerrymandering standards. But Democrats and other critics said it's too soon to celebrate.

The makers of Starmap are offering users free customizable star maps and other educational tools.

The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographes, says Google's free business model is undercutting competitors that offer mapping services at a price.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House of Representatives voted along party lines Friday for new political maps that would reflect the state’s growing diversity, but which critics contend would perpetuate the engineering of one-party control of government. The 80-37 votes for new legislative and congressional maps came after parts of two days spent debating whether the 2010 anti-gerrymandering reforms ...