In the first month of Florida lawmakers taking initial steps toward redrawing congressional and legislative boundaries, Democrats failed to gain support despite repeated calls to hold some kind of public hearings before maps are crafted, the Herald-Tribune reports. Ruling Republicans haven’t even proposed a map yet – which potentially could spell even more trouble for the state’s outnumbered Democratic lawmakers. Redistricting a decade ago plunged the state into three years of lawsuits, leaving little trust between Republicans and Democrats in the latest work that will shape the balance of power for years to come in the nation’s biggest presidential toss-up state.