House Speaker makes 1st pick for Arizona redistricting panel

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers has made his choice for one of five seats on the commission charged with drawing new maps of Arizona’s congressional and legislative districts after this year’s U.S. Census is completed. Bowers announced Thursday that he has chosen David Mehl of Pima County to serve as one of two Republicans on the Arizona Redistricting Commission. Mehl is president of a Tucson-based development company. The Legislature’s other three le