Council voted Aug. 2 to hire a firm to represent it in response to a federal lawsuit concerning redistricting, but council has not voted on which firm to hire. Still,
The Anderson City Council has been granted an extension to file its response to a federal lawsuit contending it failed to redraw district lines following the 2020 census.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court by Common Cause of Indiana, the Madison County NAACP, the League of Women Voters of Indiana and local residents Cassandra Riggs