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Lawmakers wade into redistricting without key data More than a dozen hearings planned over next six months Matt Murphy State House News Service BOSTON By most accounts, the redistricting process 10 years ago was a huge success. The district maps produced by legislative leaders avoided challenges in federal court for the first time in decades and most stakeholders walked away feeling heard. Despite losing a Congressional seat, the Legislature created double the number of majority-minority districts in the Massachusetts House and established the newly drawn U.S. House district now held by U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress. ....