The current map, based on the 2010 Census has Illinois sending 13 Democrats and 5 Republicans to Congress. There is only one Hispanic district on the proposed map, which must be approved by the ...

“The release of the Census data is game-set-match against the Illinois Democrats,” House GOP Leader Jim Durkin said. “Now knowing that their original map is unconstitutional, the Democrats ...

As Illinois faces a population decline, some cities like Champaign are experiencing growth, while others, such as Springfield ...

News of the Census Bureau’s blunder did much to cheer Illinois boosters who have openly ... is unlikely to change much on the political map—congressional reapportionments have already been ...

Typically, the Illinois General Assembly convenes every 10 years to draw new legislative maps for state and federal legislative districts after the release of U.S census data. However, the release ...

which they said varies by 0.3% from Illinois' official population count released by the Census Bureau in April. Republican members of the committees denounced the draft maps on Friday, calling it ...

The Illinois House and Senate plan to return to Springfield on Aug. 31 for a one-day special session to make changes in the new state legislative district map after official 2020 population ...

rather than waiting for official 2020 Census data this month, would lead to their map being declared unconstitutional. Democrats said they were fulfilling their duty under the Illinois ...

A map showing population change in Illinois between 2015 and 2019 versus 2010 and 2014. Illustration: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning To see where Illinois is shrinking, look Downstate.

Basically, this describes the census process that takes place ... there will ultimately be questions about the map being “fair." New Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch probably captured the ...

Census Bureau officials ... according to the office of the House historian: The current Illinois congressional map includes three Black majority districts and one Hispanic majority district ...

Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law earlier this year.