In Illinois, if the governor doesn’t approve new maps by June 30 the job shifts to a bipartisan commission. So Democrats, citing June 30 as their deadline, used the American Community Survey to ...

The delays in U.S. Census data could lead to the Illinois General Assembly not having a map drawn up by the state's June 30 deadline for legislative action.

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 ...

Illinois Republican leaders said Monday that last week’s release of federal census data proves their contention that new state legislative district boundaries drawn by Democrats violate votin… ...

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.

Illinois will lose one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Census Bureau said Monday, releasing its state population counts and more data from the... Skip to content Main Navigation ...

The General Assembly is constitutionally responsible for drawing our new legislative maps every 10 years, aligning with the census. This is true in most states.

Even with Illinois losing a seat due to population loss, the map was drawn to create a congressional delegation of 14 Democrats and three Republicans starting in 2022, a change from the current 13 ...