Governor JB Pritzker recently suggested that Illinois lawmakers could redraw congressional maps with more Democrat-leaning districts. Redrawing legislative maps typically happens once a decade after the national census, though sometimes…

Last month, we urged Illinois Supreme Court justices to consider state Republicans’ strong arguments against extreme gerrymandering in the Land of Lincoln. To no one’s surprise, on Wednesday the Democratic majority on the…

Illinois republican lawmakers have asked the state’s Supreme Court to throw out the current legislative map that they claim favors Democrats in elections. House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) and…

The top Republican in the Illinois House of Representatives sued to invalidate the chamber’s Democratic-approved district map, saying it was a product of “extreme partisan gerrymandering.” The map violates the…

A lawsuit has been filed with the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort to throw out the current legislative maps that the plaintiffs said are the result of extreme gerrymandering. …

House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (Savanna) was recently joined by State Representatives Ryan Spain (Peoria) and Dan Ugaste (Geneva) for a press conference in the State Capitol to discuss their…

Democrats continue to hold a supermajority in the Illinois House thanks to illegally gerrymandered House districts, House Republicans allege in a new lawsuit filed with the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday. …

Daily Herald Opinion – January 31, 2025 … We’ve long argued that fair maps are a key component to ethics reform in Illinois. Sprawling, oddly shaped districts have been designed…

The suit argues that the districts ‘silence the voices of voters’ who typically support Republicans. The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit…

Illinois House Republican leaders filed a lawsuit before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday claiming the current House district map disenfranchises voters. Democratic lawmakers approved the current House, Senate and congressional maps during the…