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CAPITOL RECAP: New legislative maps passed on little notice; budget and ethics reforms approved, but college sports gambling bill on hold

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers passed measures Friday, May 28, to redraw state legislative and judicial district lines, less than 24 hours after the bills implementing the maps were introduced. ....

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Redistricting bill gets through Illinois legislature

By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
SPRINGFIELD Illinois lawmakers passed measures Friday to redraw state legislative and judicial district lines, less than 24 hours after the bills implementing the maps were introduced.
The latest versions of the legislative maps were released about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The actual legislation to implement them was released in the early hours of Friday morning, according to lawmakers. Those bills were then heard in the House and Senate Redistricting committees during 9:30 a.m. hearings that were announced with about one hour’s notice.
Those revised House and Senate maps are similar to a draft set of maps that were released late last week and were the subject of joint committee hearings Tuesday and Wednesday. During the Tuesday hearing, the maps drew wide criticism from racial, ethnic and religious communities, particularly in the Chicago area, who complained that they broke up communities of interest and diluted minority ....

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Capitol Recap: New legislative maps passed on little notice

Busy week? Here s what you may have missed in Illinois news: ....

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State Democrats introduce, pass Illinois legislative maps in 24 hours

Illinois lawmakers passed measures Friday to redraw state legislative and judicial district lines, less than 24 hours after the bills were introduced. ....

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