SAN ANTONIO -- A federal judge has ordered all sides in the Texas redistricting lawsuit to keep talking, saying a proposed agreement doesn't have enough support.
Attorney General Greg Abbott had said several minority groups agreed Monday to a plan that would put two new congressional seats in Hispanic-dominated districts for this year's elections.
But the announcement prompted immediate backlash from groups that said it wasn't a compromise.
Judge Orlando Garcia noted Monday was the deadline for all parties to agree. He told them to keep talking.
Garcia and two other San Antonio-based federal judges are hearing a lawsuit that alleges redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature are discriminatory.
The judges say that if the groups and attorney general can't draft compromise maps by Monday, then the April 3 primary will be delayed.
