Redistricting reshapes Arizona political landscape after census
Arizona gains two House seats bringing eight total as an independent commission redraws maps. The state’s 5.13 million population marks a 40 percent rise since 1990, with Democrats hopeful for more swing districts as immigration diversifies voters.
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Many Rust Belt states to lose congressional seats in 2002
Illinois will shed a congressional seat despite an 8.5 percent population rise to 12,439,042 since 1990. Census data show growth lagging behind other states, reflecting broader Midwest and Northeast losses as residents move to the Sun Belt for warmth and jobs.
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New trial ordered in suit over a widow’s cigarette suit
In Tampa, Hillsborough County Judge Ralph Steinberg voided a $200,000 verdict against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. ruling that unrelated testimony on addiction and advertising misled jurors. The plaintiff Bob Jones, a former smoker with emphysema, sued in 1997 for his wife Suzanne who died in 1995 after long smoking.
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