Florida Supreme Court Approves Congressional Map
• The Florida Supreme Court has approved a new congressional map. The new map will likely alter politics in central Florida.
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• The Florida Supreme Court has approved a new congressional map. The new map will likely alter politics in central Florida.
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• Congresswoman Corrine Brown brought a campaign to put Florida Medicaid expansion on the ballot to Central Florida today.
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• Central Florida’s congressional delegation agrees that a thorough vetting process should be in place, but disagree as to whether thousands of Syrian refugees should be relocated in the U.S.
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• Redistricting is complex and prone to political missteps. State lawmakers are proving that right now as they gather in Tallahassee to put together new congressional maps free of political influence. Intersection explores some of the pitfalls of redistricting and how some lawmakers say the process could be improved.
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• Two members of central Florida’s congressional delegation are upset over the shape of their districts in newly proposed congressional maps. The complaints come from both sides of the aisle.
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• Congresswoman Corrine Brown has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to prevent Florida lawmakers from redrawing her district. Brown said a proposed new map dilutes the minority vote.
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• Florida lawmakers are heading back to Tallahassee – to draw up new congressional maps. That’s after the Florida Supreme Court ruled the current maps unconstitutional.
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• Funding the second phase of SunRail is a ‘no brainer’, says transit advocate David Porter, who runs the website SunRailRiders.com. Porter says while he’s concerned by the fact the president left SunRail out of his latest budget, he thinks Central Florida lawmakers can persuade the federal government to help extend the commuter line.
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• Central Florida lawmakers say they’ll continue to seek federal funding for phase II of SunRail. That’s after the project was left off President Obama’s budget.
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• Florida’s congressional districts are back in court Wednesday. A judge will consider whether new district lines are lawful and whether there’s time to hold elections in new districts this year. Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis had ruled the districts unlawfully favor Republicans. He ordered the Legislature to redraw them. Deirdre Macnab is president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, one of the groups suing over the districts. She says the new map still needs more work. “And the judge was very strong in his language. He used words like, manipulate, conspire, shadow process. The Legislature has got to bear the consequences of that kind of unconstitutional action.” The plaintiffs want the court to consider redrawing the districts. …
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