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Every decade, state lawmakers across the country embark on the process of taking U.S. Census data to draw new political boundaries. That process, known as redistricting, has begun in North Carolina. This fall in Raleigh, legislators will establish new lines for 14 Congressional seats and all 170 General Assembly districts.

Legislators will soon start redrawing boundaries for North Carolina's state legislative and congressional districts with 2020 census data. The hearings are part of the General Assembly's effort to make the process of redrawing the state's legislative and congressional districts more transparent.

North Carolina is getting a 14th congressional seat. The public can weigh in on how the new map should be drawn. People can also discuss the map-making process for new state House and Senate districts.

The once-a-decade battle over redistricting is set to be a showdown over the suburbs, as new census data showed rapid growth around some of the nation's largest cities and shrinking population in many rural counties.

State lawmakers will closely follow 2019 criteria for the drawing of new district maps based on 2020 census data.

North Carolina's Republican-led legislature will soon start the decennial redistricting process. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s politics reporter Rusty Jacobs looks at lessons learned from the past decade's legal battles over North Carolina's voting maps.

State lawmakers soon will start the redistricting process and if history is any guide, the effort to attain partisan advantage through political maps will end up in court.

North Carolina's Republican-led legislature soon will start the decennial redistricting process. One question is, will they look back on a decade's worth of litigation to carve a path towards fairer political maps or to gain as much political advantage as possible before courts take up the inevitable lawsuits?

States across the South are the center of the upcoming, once-a-decade redistricting battle. The region is the fastest growing in the country and as a result will be adding an estimated half-a-dozen House seats.

The delay of census data could undercut transparency in North Carolina's redistricting process, according to voting rights advocates.Under court…