- Kansas lawmakers may have worked through the weekend with no nap breaks, but the state remains the only one in the nation without a redistricting plan for Congress or the state legislature, and now must leave the decision to a federal court. (Huffington Post)
- Twenty-seven people — including key figures in the Kansas Legislature redistricting debate — want to join a federal lawsuit about the issue, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. However, Gov. (The Business Journal)
- TOPEKA - Kansas Republican attorney general will be allowed to participate in a redistricting lawsuit, three federal judges ruled Thursday, but only to weigh in on fees lawyers will seek after the case ends. (Hutchinson News)
- TOPEKA (AP) — The main figures in the Kansas Legislatures rancorous debate over redistricting — except Gov. Sam Brownback — hope to participate in a federal lawsuit over lawmakers failure to draw the states political boundaries. (Garden City Telegram)
- Johnson County businessmen Ben Craig and Larry Winn filed a motion Friday to intervene in the Kansas redistricting lawsuit that may set the state's legislative boundaries. (The Business Journal)
- The state legislature should be embarrassed by the fact that every other state in the nation has passed redistricting through its legislature. Kansas, which should be among the easier states, still has not passed redistricting through its Legislature. (Morning Sun)
- The Kansas Legislature finished its 2012 session Sunday night after coming up with a tax cut plan and passing the buck on the heated topic of redistricting, The Kansas City Star reports. The Senate wrapped up work by passing a $14. (The Business Journal)
- Everybody who still thinks the Kansas Legislature is competent to handle redistricting, say "aye." Anybody? Nobody? Now, if only lawmakers would recognize as much. (Wichita Eagle)
Friday, May 25, 2012
Kansas Redistricting
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