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Texas redistricting: Making sense of the high-stakes fight that could decide who controls Congress
Texas Republicans unveiled a plan that could secure them five more seats in the House of Representatives — and inspire ...
Texas state lawmakers file new map with projected gain of 5 Republican seats in Congress
State lawmakers have filed the proposed redistricted congressional map with a projected gain of five Republican seats in ...
Lincoln Journal Star2dOpinion
Local View: A blueprint to build Nebraska’s economy and communities, and maybe transform higher ed
I read about it in the news, I hear about it at church functions, and I am regularly asked about it by friends and ...
One Of The Most Conservative Courts In The U.S. Just Made It Harder To Ensure Disabled People Can Vote
A federal court just made it a whole lot harder for blind people, people with disabilities or people who cannot read, to ...
Changes in federal broadband programs upset advocates for rural Nebraska
County officials and advocates for rural development cried foul over recent changes in a federal initiative to expand access ...
Intelligencer on MSN9d
States’ Redistricting Arms Race Could Upend the Midterms
Texas Republicans are working to create more GOP House seats, at Trump’s urging. That may set off a wave of unnecessary ...
KFGO9d
North Dakota seeks to use former legislative map while voting rights case proceeds
North Dakota’s request concerns a lawsuit brought by the Spirit Lake Nation, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and three ...
North Platte Telegraph6d
Doody: I rated conference realignment impact for 65 schools — where Nebraska shakes out
Herald Executive Editor Ben Doody rates the impact that conference realignment had on Nebraska and every other school that ...
MyNorthwest1d
Texas Republicans propose new US House map with more winnable GOP seats
Texas Republicans proposed a new U.S. House map Wednesday with more winnable GOP seats as Democrat-led states weigh what they ...
High Plains Journal7d
Rain has helped ease drought concerns
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor issued July 24 saw improvement in drought-related conditions across areas of the Southeast, ...
Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges in a case involving voters with disabilities
A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases ...
Nieman Journalism Lab21d
New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.