U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik adopted a new Washington state legislative map on Friday to create a majority-Latino voting district in central Washington. Lasnik’s decision comes after ...

A Washington State Highway Department map from 1933 shows the northern portion already called that – at least on paper – and, on the same map, the Pasco-to-Spokane section is called Highway 11.

The lawsuit seeks a court order for a new map that includes a majority ... Elections within Central Washington have received scrutiny at the state and local level as Latinos are becoming a ...

“We greatly appreciate that Washington’s judiciary recognized the need to rectify systemic racism in the central region of our state,” she said in a statement. “This is a sensible map whic ...

In Washington state, legislative and congressional ... forcing the redrawing of legislative districts in Central Washington. The new map changes 13 legislative districts (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12 ...