DES MOINES — Democrat Cindy Axne and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks would be pushed into the same congressional district under Iowa redistricting maps released Thursday. The proposal from ...

Proposed new legislative maps in Iowa dealt Quad-City lawmakers some unexpected surprises Thursday. State Sens. Jim Lykam, Roby Smith and Mark Lofgren all were thrown into the same district, according ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Like many of his colleagues, Sen. Bill Dotzler is generally supportive of the redistricting plan released by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency Thursday, but he has some ...

In the 4-to-3 decision on Friday, the court said that if lawmakers do not produce new legislative maps, it is prepared to adopt its own. ... many of whom settled in Iowa.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos proposed the non-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau draw up new state electoral maps. Iowa uses a similar method -- a method previously rejected by the Speaker and ...

Embracing the Iowa model of drawing legislative boundaries reflects a new direction for Vos, who over the last month warned newly seated Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz was risking being ...

Iowa Legislative Services Agency Legal Counsel Ed Cook shows am Iowa map that will be used to help draw new congressional district lines Feb. 9, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa.