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The "independent state legislature" theory could change the future of all elections in Wisconsin and around the nation.

Wisconsin's new state legislative maps are considered the most partisan-biased, court-adopted maps in the nation. That’s according to a new analysis from the University of Wisconsin Law School. The maps heavily advantage Republican politicians, all but guaranteeing Republican-rule in the state Legislature, regardless of what most voters want.

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that keeps Republican majorities in place by making few deviations to current districts.

For the past decade, gerrymandering has come to define our political landscape. Gerrymandering is when district lines are drawn to political advantage or disadvantage a party or politician, but it's not always partisan. A new reports find that in some cities, including Milwaukee, gerrymandering has been used to reward political favors and punish political opposition.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers followed through Thursday on his promise to veto the Republican-drawn redistricting plans, calling the maps “gerrymandering 2.0.”

It’s that time of the decade once again: redistricting season is upon us. The Republican legislature just passed a new set of district maps that are drawn to further their partisan advantage. Governor Tony Evers has vowed to veto them. Meanwhile, voters have consistently shown they want maps drawn by non-partisan groups and remove politicians from the process.

A Marquette University politics professor weighs in on the myriad of lawsuits over Wisconsin's redistricting, from both the left and the right.

The redistricting measure would give the job of drawing political boundaries to the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau and give citizens the right to oversee the work.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu entered into contracts in December and January with two outside law firms to handle the redistricting process, including any future lawsuits. The contracts allowed for spending of more than $1 million in taxpayer money to the two law firms.

In accordance with the U.S. Constitution, a census is taken every ten years to count every single person living in the United States. That data is used…