Illinois lawmakers should hold Pritzker to his ‘fair maps’ promise By Austin Berg 12/03/2019 Even without a constitutional amendment, there are changes lawmakers could make as soon as session resumes to get politics out of mapmaking. TAGS: bipartisan, ethics, gerrymandering, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois Senate, JB Pritzker, lawmakers, legislative district, legislative map, redistricting, Springfield
As corruption looms large in Illinois, Pritzker reforms are MIA By Austin Berg 07/25/2019 Tackling Illinois corruption isn’t just a moral imperative. It’s a financial necessity. TAGS: corruption, fair maps, house rules, JB Pritzker, Legislative Inspector General, lobbying, Madigan & Getzendanner, Mike Madigan, redistricting, revolving door
The time is ripe for Illinois to end gerrymandering By Austin Berg 06/27/2019 With support for fair maps in the Illinois General Assembly, a hungry electorate and a national conversation on gerrymandering, is the Land of Lincoln finally ready to change its own backwards mapmaking? TAGS: fair maps, gerrymandering, JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan, redistricting
To end gerrymandering, Pritzker should push redistricting reform By Joe Tabor 04/23/2019 Illinois’ governor pledged to veto any map gerrymandered by state lawmakers, but it’s the process of mapmaking that needs to change. TAGS: fair maps, independent maps, JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan, redistricting