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Texas lawmakers return home after walking out of legislature and spending two weeks in Illinois to prevent GOP remap

The Democratic lawmakers have been in Illinois since Aug. 3 to avoid a vote on the remap during a special legislative session ...

Texas Democrats fly home from Illinois, clearing way for Republicans to call vote on redistricting

On Monday morning, the lawmakers boarded a jet at O'Hare shortly after 7 a.m., ending what had been a 15-day hiatus in ...

Amid Texas remap battle, bipartisan effort begins in Illinois to reform redistricting

A bid to establish a ballot initiative in 2026 to reform the redistricting process for Illinois state legislative map-making ...

Bipartisan group led by ex-Obama officials ‘rolling the dice’ on new remapping plan for Illinois legislature

Fair Maps Illinois” marks the third attempt since 2014 to reduce heavy partisan influence in how Illinois district boundaries ...

Plan launched to place redistricting amendment before voters in 2026

The current Illinois congressional maps signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in 2021 received a grade of “F” by Princeton’s Gerrymandering Project.

Texas redistricting fight escalates as Democrats rally in Illinois, Republicans vow repeated vote attempts

Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...

Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting

In response, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to remove the Democrats from the state Legislature and said some of ...

Texas Dems return from Illinois, face police oversight after walkout

Texas Democrats who spent two weeks in Illinois to block GOP redistricting plans are back home — but under police ...

Illinois judge declines Texas AG’s request to enforce arrest warrants in redistricting standoff

A judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the ...