Everyone’s favorite gerrymandered district, shaped like a pterodactyl, is no more. Gov. Hogan signed a new redistricting map into law.

Prince George’s County will rely on a map created by an independent commission.

Judge William Snoddy ordered the Prince George’s County Council to implement the independent commission’s redistricting map for the 2022 elections.

Democratic lawmakers have a supermajority to override a veto.

Ward 8 will be crossing the Anacostia River, and Ward 7 will push further west onto Capitol Hill. But the real debate Tuesday was on two unpopulated parcels along North Capitol Street.

Bowser says her encampment-clearing initiative helps unhoused people in dire circumstances, while homeless advocates say it perpetuates harm.

Some of the fiercest debate revolves around how far Ward 7 should move into the eastern end of Capitol Hill.

The expected expansion of Ward 8 across the Anacostia River reflected the fact that fast-growing Ward 6 had more people than any other part of the city.

150 community members testified against the plan, which some have called an attempt to squeeze out liberal challengers to the council’s moderate bloc.

Once a decade D.C. lawmakers set about redrawing the city’s ward boundaries — a process that often sparks debates about neighborhood identity, political power, and race.