Legislature adjusts schedule of public hearings on redistricting

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Legislature's re­apportionment committee has adjusted its schedule of public hearings in which peo­ple will be able to say how they think new district lines should be drawn for Ala­bama's seven congressional districts and eight state Board of Education districts.
The public hearings now are scheduled to start at:
• 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville.
• 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. North, Birmingham, in ball­room 4.
• 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Tillman's Corner Community Center in Mobile County.
• 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the state Capi­tol auditorium in Montgomery.
• 6:30 p.m. Friday in Selma, at a location to be announced, which probably will be the St. James Hotel.
• 2 p.m. May 18 on the eighth floor of the State House in Montgomery.
State lawmakers, in time for next year's elections, must redraw Alabama's congressional and state Board of Education districts to reflect population changes since 2000 that were shown by the 2010 census.
After the public hearings, the reapportionment committee plans to propose new district boundaries for Congress and the school board that the Legislature could approve next month.
People may call the reapportionment office at the State House, at 334-242-7941, for more information.