Source: WCTI 12, 3/3/17

A panel of federal judges has allowed a pair of lawsuits to continue that allege North Carolina's congressional districts are illegal because Republican lawmakers used excessive partisanship in drawing them. The three judges refused Friday to grant the wishes of North Carolina legislative leaders and dismiss the lawsuits against the 2016 boundaries for the state's 13 congressional seats.

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