Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday praised the selection of Sen. Chris Garten as the likely next leader of the Indiana Senate, with President Donald Trump celebrating the pick as completing his political retribution campaign. Braun, however, said he has priorities for next year’s legislative session ahead of the congressional redistricting fight that has upended the […]

Requiring congressional district boundaries to hew closely to county lines could help end the redistricting wars, writes Brad Van Arnum. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

While the nation faces various stress tests for the rule of law upon which our country was built, Missouri courts are facing their own stress test in the hot mess of our current congressional redistricting. Our Legislature redrew our congressional maps in 2025 at the insistence of President Donald Trump. The chief aim was to […]

State Sen. Chris Garten made his bid for the Indiana Senate's top leadership position official days after the chamber's outgoing head announced he'd yield to redistricting revenge by President Donald Trump and allies.

Eight months after Indiana senators rejected President Donald Trump’s congressional redistricting push — and about three months after six Republican incumbents paid for that opposition in primary defeats — Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced Friday that he will give up the chamber’s top leadership position. Bray, R-Martinsville, said he will not seek reelection […]