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Chicago Tribune: Illinois lawmakers to convene Aug. 31 to make post-census fixes to Democrat-drawn legislative maps
Democratic leaders of the Illinois House and Senate said Friday that they will convene a special session on Aug. 31 to consider updates to state legislative maps, which they drew up earlier this year, based on the more detailed federal census data that was recently released.
Democrats passed their maps over Republican objections at the end of May using population estimates from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey because decennial census data didn’t come out until Aug. 12 instead of the traditional April release date. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker subsequently signed the maps into law.
ABC HOI: Illinois lawmakers plan special session to amend legislative map using census data
The Illinois House and Senate will return to Springfield on August 31 for a special session focused on redistricting. Lawmakers plan to change the legislative map Democrats passed this spring to address data provided by the 2020 Census.
House and Senate Democrats were notified of the one-day special session Friday.
The Center Square: Opponents say proposed amendment would give public unions more power
A new proposed amendment on the 2022 ballot by the Illinois General Assembly would allow public employee unions to bargain without legal consequences.
Filed by state Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, the amendment was then passed by the Illinois General Assembly and goes into effect if passed by a vote during the November 8th, 2022 general election.