Members of the Independent Redistricting Commission voted Wednesday 3-2 to adopt maps that are likely to preserve the Republican edge in the Arizona Legislature for the rest of the decade. 

It's still a work in progress. But an organization that studies the fairness of political redistricting plans nationwide likes some of what it sees developing here.

The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission made its first revisions to preliminary legislative and congressional maps earlier this week, but some members of the public continue to struggle to provide input because they can’t figure out the commission’s mapping software. 

The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments for December 8 in a case that could redraw the legislative boundaries created by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. A group of GOP activists alleges that the commission illegally overpopulated Republican-dominated legislative districts ...

The Arizona Legislature has approved $500,000 in extra funding for the Independent Redistricting Commission to allow the commission to pay lawyers defending it from lawsuits.