The author of Indiana’s new congressional redistricting bill acknowledged the maps are “politically gerrymandered” during committee questioning Tuesday but defended the proposal against accusations of illegal racial gerrymandering.

Indiana lawmakers have been under mounting pressure from the White House to redistrict like Republicans in Texas, Ohio and North Carolina have.

Indiana state House Republicans unveiled their proposal for congressional redistricting Monday. The map would likely turn two Democratic-held seats into Republican-held seats.

Indiana House Republicans have released a draft of a congressional map that would divide Marion County into four districts, diluting the voting power of heavily-democratic Marion County and splitting downtown Indianapolis in half.

The Indiana House on Friday approved a new map that would deliver all the state’s congressional seats to Republicans. But it remains unclear whether the redistricting plan, which President Donald Trump has pushed,

Editor's note: This story was originally published in June. We are republishing it as we look back at some of our most-read stories of the year. Three Indiana cities have been ranked out of 150 metro areas on the list of best places to live in the U.S ...