politcial redistricting

Washington’s redistricting commission will pay fines and legal costs of more than $137,000 to settle two lawsuits filed by government transparency watchdogs after last year's redistricting talks ended in a display of chaos and deception.

Washington state’s bipartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps, meaning the task will now be taken up by the state Supreme Court.

Approval to allow children ages 5 to 11 to get their COVID-19 vaccine is expected any day now. Is a K-12 vaccine mandate coming to Washington state? Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins joined Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about that and more.

Democrats and Republicans have released competing maps for the state's 49 legislative districts as they move forward with the process of redrawing political boundaries. The proposals by the four voting members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission will kick-start negotiations. The bipartisan panel has a Nov. 15 deadline to finalize the maps.

An Oregon task force is recommending that future redistricting be done by an independent commission. The task force was created by Republican Secretary...

The GOP may be in the midst of an identity crisis, but the Democratic Party, after the Obama presidency, is also facing a political crisis.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – There’s new hope among minority groups in Washington that the state could soon have a majority-minority Congressional district. This…