Reporting from Sacramento — As the U.S. Supreme Court considers its role in forcing states to draw fair political maps, Californians know well how the process can be manipulated. They saw it ...

In a remarkably acrimonious process that deepened simmering racial tensions, a bitterly divided Boston City Council on Wednesday created a new political map that aims to amplify the political ...

City Councilor Michael Flaherty took the stand against his colleagues Tuesday, arguing they improperly took race into account when drawing the city’s new political map last fall, as he provided ...

Critics claim the state’s current political maps are unfair and have led to Republicans having a lock on political power. The GOP holds a two-thirds supermajority in the state Senate and also ...