Philadelphia City Council approves new council district boundaries

    City council members in Philadelphia approved a new council district map today that will take effect for elections in four years.

    CBS 3 reports council signed off on a new map that will make some of the districts far less convoluted.

    For weeks, council members debated changes to the map.

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