The map, produced by city staff, will reflect population changes in the 2020 Census. It will also need to comply with a 2014 voting rights judgement and the Voting Rights Act.

In draft maps released Tuesday by the Washington State Redistricting Commission, the Yakama Reservation was united. The reservation is currently split between districts 14 and 15. The city of Yakima ...

Yakima, Pasco and communities in between are home to a large population of Latino voters, and the bipartisan commission that drew Washington’s current legislative district maps in 2021 could ...