INDIANAPOLIS - Public hearings have been set for Indiana's upcoming redrawing of congressional and legislative election districts.

Legislative officials announced Thursday that hearings involving the House and Senate elections committees will be held in eight cities around the state on Aug. 6-7 and at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Aug. 11. During the meetings, none of the proposed new maps will be available.

Republican legislators won't reveal proposed new districts until after the expected August 16th release of redistricting data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The August 6th hearings are planned in Anderson, Columbus, Lafayette and Valparaiso, with the August 7th hearings in Fort Wayne, Elkhart, Evansville and Sellersburg.