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Win or lose, a pair of lawsuits seeking to overturn maps drawn by the state’s redistricting commission may shed new light on accusations and unanswered questions that have dogged the...

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Republicans file 2 lawsuits challenging redistricting maps

Republican critics of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission filed two lawsuits today that seek to force the redrawing of the commission’s approved legislative and congressional districts. The lawsuits, filed by...

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Scant letter doomed Mathis removal

During the removal process of Mathis, much debate was focused on what behavior would constitute the misconduct needed to remove a sitting member of the IRC. Brewer and the Senate...

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Ariz. high court to explain redistricting ruling

Supreme Court justices Robert Brutinel, Scott Bales, Andrew Hurwitz, John Pelander and Michael Ryan. (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
The Arizona Supreme Court is scheduled...

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Justice Department approves congressional redistricting plan

Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Chair Mathis, left, and Vice Chair Scott Freeman laugh during discussions Dec. 7 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
The U.S. Department of...

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Redistricting commission to discuss budget problems

Independent Redistricting Commission (File photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
The cash-strapped Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will meet on Friday to discuss its ongoing budget problems....

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IRC approves final maps amid clashes

The members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission spent their final mapmaking meeting the same way they’ve spent most of the past nine months – arguing, sniping at each other...

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Arizona redistricting commission OKs legislative, congressional maps

Arizona’s redistricting commission divided along party lines Tuesday as its members approved maps of new congressional and legislative districts by identical 3-2 votes. The two Democrats and independent Colleen Mathis...

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Tobin calls for IRC audit as legal bills top $1M

As the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission continues to rack up legal bills, House Speaker Andy Tobin is seeking a full audit of the commission’s finances. In a Jan. 5 letter...

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Year in Review: Top photos of 2011

Gov. Jan Brewer gives a speech during her Jan. 3 inauguration ceremony. (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
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