redistricting

North Carolina legislators have completed the remapping of House and Senate districts, required by a court order to be completed by later this week.

North Carolina lawmakers have approved new legislative district maps to replace one thrown out by the courts for being illegal racial gerrymanders. But many critics say the new maps are just as bad.

Public hearings are taking place Tuesday across North Carolina to gather input on the newly drawn legislative districts.

North Carolina lawmakers have set a date for the public to comment on anticipated General Assembly district boundaries, which are being redrawn under court order.

Federal judges on Monday rejected a request by North Carolina voters who sued over General Assembly district boundaries to hold special elections next March in new districts once lines are redrawn

Two federal judges said Thursday they are concerned that North Carolina legislative leaders have taken few if any steps to draw new election maps since they were struck down last year, and one judg

North Carolina's Republican-dominated legislature has been repeatedly walloping Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper since before he took office, and the bitter conflict shows no sign of abating.

North Carolina's governor says Democrats will give up their right to draw the state's political lines should the party regain control of the legislature as way to address charges of gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down 28 state House and Senate districts in North Carolina because they violated the rights of black voters.

"A State may not use race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines unless it has a compelling reason," Justice Elena Kagan said in the court's opinion upholding a lower court ruling.