redistricting

A bill altering boundaries for Minnesota's eight congressional districts to account for population shifts has passed the state House.

We're a long way from knowing what our Congressional Districts will look like next year, but tonight (Thursday) you can find out a lot more about the process. The St. Cloud area League of Women Voters is hosting a free informational event at the St. Cloud Public Library tonight at 7:00 p.m.

A Republican-drafted plan to revamp Minnesota's eight congressional districts has moved through a state House committee. The proposal was approved by the House Redistricting Committee on a 7-5 party-line vote Tuesday after being made public the day before.

Most of the St. Cloud metro area would be placed in a newly created 7th Congressional District, under a plan unveiled today by House Republicans. The map would keep the extreme southeastern corner of Stearns county and Sherburne county in the Sixth District.

Republicans are ready to offer a new-look playing field for Minnesota's eight seats in the U.S. House. A redistricting plan expect to come out Monday will suggest adjusted district lines reflect population shifts.

A GOP plan to redraw Minnesota's legislative districts is getting its first airing at the Capitol. The House Redistricting Committee debates the proposal tonight. The proposal would result in 20 incumbent members of the House paired up into new districts with another incumbent. Six current senators would be paired into three districts.

Three weeks before lawmakers hope to leave St. Paul for the year, a select few are at work over political maps that would play a role in elections for years to come.

The redistricting debate in Minnesota will heat up this week with the release of the official census population counts for all the neighborhoods, cities and counties in the state. The U.S. Census Bureau has been rolling out the population figures used to set Congressional districts for several weeks, and more than 40 states have already received them.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale and other seasoned politicians are asking Minnesota lawmakers to give up their power to redraw political boundaries and let retired judges do it instead.

The U.S. Census Bureau releases its official population counts for the states this week, which will determine if Minnesota keeps its eight seats in Congress. And officials here think the Gopher State may just keep all 8.