Kansas state Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, follows a House debate over a Republican redistricting plan that moves his hometown into a central and western Kansas district, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Highberger calls the proposal "a travesty," and others complain about putting the liberal Lawrence into a district with conservative rural communities hours away by car. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republicans who control the Kansas Legislature are close to passing a congressional redistricting plan that marries an eastern Kansas community proud of…