In February 2022, the South Carolina Conference of the NAACP sued Thomas Alexander, in his official capacity as president of the South Carolina Senate, arguing a new redistricting map was racially gerrymandered in violation of 14th and 15th...

A pair of blockbuster redistricting cases from the Supreme Court were scrutinized during a session at NCSL’s Legislative Summit. At least for the moment, the cases settle the status of two prominent legal theories that play key roles in...

Policies to address representational imbalances caused by the Census Bureau’s “usual residence” rule are known to some as “ending prison gerrymandering”; others call it, more neutrally, “inmate data...

Ahead of their 2023 legislative sessions, lawmakers expect to address the need for affordable housing, a strong child care workforce and adoption regulations.

A new data product from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey offers insights about the makeup of the 2022 congressional and legislative districts, many of which have been redrawn.

Many states’ newly drawn district maps will be challenged in court, but political change is likely to be minimal at the state level. At the federal level, it might be another story.