redistricting

The city will pay $100,000 in a lawsuit that alleged City Council maps were racially gerrymandered.

Jacksonville City Council will consider whether to accept a court-ordered map and pay the plaintiffs' legal fees.

The move indicates Jacksonville may be on the verge of settling with the NAACP and other plaintiffs.

The city has potentially paid over $150,000 in fees to outside law firms and consultants in its attempts to draw and defend Jacksonville City Council district maps.

A federal appeals panel, in a 2-to-1 decision, upheld an order requiring the city to use City Council districts drawn by plaintiffs in a federal redistricting case.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard waived a requirement that candidates in some districts live there for six months.

Jacksonville's redistricting plan remains undecided, so the city wants a judge to let candidates run for any district.

A judge tossed out the city's earlier maps, saying they did not resolve decades of racial gerrymandering.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard ruled Monday that the council’s latest redistricting map didn’t fix what she considered racial gerrymandering.

U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Howard ruled against the city of Jacksonville on Monday evening when she rejected City Council districts submitted by the city in favor of a map drawn by a group of residents and voting rights organizations suing the city.