More than 39,000 San Antonio residents are now in a new city council district after the 10 present members of the city council unanimously adopted a new council district map Thursday.

A federal judge Monday struck down the boundaries of Boston’s latest voting map, siding with critics who argued that race was improperly considered above other factors during the map making process.

“Towns adapt to their surroundings,” Roberts writes, explaining the process. “The first thing to do is to draw the terrain the town sits on. In this case I’ve picked a peninsula with a ...

When single-member City Council districts were voted into existence by Austin voters last November, it was in a swirl of outsider rhetoric. The "People's Plan" – i.e., "10-1" as opposed to "8-2 ...