Senate Democrats push redistricting reform, raising minimum wage in 2018

INDIANAPOLIS (Statehouse File) — Creating redistricting reform, passing hate crime legislation and raising the minimum wage are Senate Democrats' top priorities for the 2018 legislative session.

"We've accomplished some things in the General Assembly, but we've dropped the ball on several important issues," said Senate Democratic Leader Tim Lanane, D-Anderson.

Lanane and members of the Senate Democratic Caucus discussed their priorities for the 2018 legislative session Thursday, which they are calling INvision 20/20. The plan sets goals to reach by 2020.

The public, according to Lanane, is fed up with partisan gerrymandering that draws lines so legislators choose voters rather than voters choosing their legislators. State and federal legislative districts will be redrawn after the 2020 census.

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