A bid to establish a ballot initiative in 2026 to reform the redistricting process for Illinois state legislative map-making has kicked off, led by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley and ex-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Fair Maps Illinois” marks the third attempt since 2014 to reduce heavy partisan influence in how Illinois district boundaries are drawn following the once-per-decade census.

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.

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 Illinois.

A campaign to reform state-level redistricting, with backing from former federal officials and well-connected election lawyers, launched Tuesday. Its backers say the effort needs 3 to 4 million dollars and more than half a million signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the 2026 general election ballot.

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

A judge in Illinois on Wednesday denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the absent Texas House Democrats trying to stop a redistricting effort that could net Republicans five seats in the US House.

A Fort Worth lawmaker’s sit-in on the Texas House floor attracted fellow Democrats to her side at the Capitol on Tuesday as her protest of congressional redistricting entered its second day. Twenty-four hours earlier,