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The new political maps are likely to accelerate the demise of competitive elections, a warning sign for the health of democracy, according to experts.

The Department of Justice is suing Texas over new redistricting maps approved by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott this fall, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations.

At least seven House Democrats, compared with three Republicans, will not run for reelection in the 2022 midterms.

New commissions approved by voters to reduce partisan gamesmanship in redistricting are instead splitting along partisan lines in some states.

Democrats are wondering if they erred in pushing too hard in some states for a nonpartisan redistricting process.

Illinois Democrats were poised to set new legislative boundaries over objections from Republicans and some community groups that the process was unnecessarily rushed and maps were drawn behind closed doors to keep Democrats’ grip on power in the state Legislature.

Illinois Democrats were poised Tuesday to approve new legislative boundaries over objections from Republicans and some community groups that the process was unnecessarily rushed and maps were drawn behind closed doors to keep Democrats in power in the state Legislature.

Illinois legislators continue to discuss and debate the latest redistricting maps bring drawn up in Springfield. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Illinois Democrats were poised to set new legislative boundaries over objections from Republicans and some community groups that the process was rushed and maps were drawn behind closed doors to keep Democrats in power in the state Legislature

Redistricting is taking place without previous federal protections, and voters of color could lose out even as Census data shows the U.S. is now more diverse.

The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade and the data makes it likely that Illinois state lawmakers will redraw the maps they agreed to earlier this summer.

The Census Bureau has issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade

An Associated Press analysis shows that Republicans have benefited from the biggest political advantage in decades because of potential gerrymandering in U.S. House districts and state legislative boundaries

A Republican advocacy group is withdrawing its request for a court order seeking the immediate release of Census Bureau records

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed newly-passed legislative district maps to govern elections in the Illinois General Assembly for the next decade despite opposition from Republicans and criticism from certain community groups who say they were ignored in the process.

Illinois lawmakers are scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon on the new proposed legislative maps that Democrats, who hold a majority of seats in both chambers, released last week as part of the redistricting process.

Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly released draft versions of the proposed legislative maps created in the redistricting process Friday evening.

The Illinois legislature is currently working on redistricting the state, a process that’s completed just once every 10 years and has the power to shape the state’s politics for the next decade and beyond. What exactly is redistricting, how does the process work in Illinois and why does it matter?

You’ve probably heard of gerrymandering, the term for when politicians redraw political districts to either consolidate power — or break up their opponents’ supporters. But you probably don’t know that it dates back to the earliest years of the country and was named after a district that looked like a salamander. And you also may not know how it directly...

Illinois Republicans pounced on Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday for his seeming change of heart on how legislative districts are drawn, urging the reform-minded governor to seize an opportunity to make a dent in the state’s long-reviled history of corruption.