Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count.
Hopelessly gridlocked, the commission voted to send a pair of proposals to Albany, but Democratic lawmakers are increasingly likely to take over the process.
A citizen ballot initiative took redistricting out of the hands of partisan legislators. The result: competitive political districts and an example of how to push back against hyperpartisanship.