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SPRINGFIELD â Drawing new district lines for state and federal elections is the main focus for lawmakers when they begin the redistricting process every 10 years.
But Illinois Democrats, who control all three branches of government, have some incentive to redraw the boundaries for the five Illinois Supreme Court districts this year as well after a Democratic justice was defeated in a retention bid in the 3rd Judicial District in November.
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, of Western Springs, said Monday he expects the Democrats in the General Assembly will seek to redraw at least the 3rd District in the northwestern part of the state, spanning from Joliet to the Quad Cities.
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CANTON Spoon River College art student Destiny Evans, Canton recently had her painting titled “Where to next?” accepted in the NIU Community College Juried Student Exhibition. The same painting was also accepted for inclusion in the Violet Margin, a literary journal at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Evans will return to SRC as a sophomore in the fall semester to earn an associate degree before transferring to continue her art studies.
The exhibit can be viewed at https://artsbabs.niu.edu/portfolio type/community-college-exhibit
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Why Democrats might redraw Illinois Supreme Court district maps
Updated 5/24/2021 5:42 PM
SPRINGFIELD Drawing new district lines for state and federal elections is the main focus for lawmakers when they begin the redistricting process every 10 years.
But Illinois Democrats, who control all three branches of government, have some incentive to redraw the boundaries for the five Illinois Supreme Court districts this year as well after a Democratic justice was defeated in a retention bid in the 3rd Judicial District in November.
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, of Western Springs, said Monday he expects the Democrats in the General Assembly will seek to redraw at least the 3rd District in the northwestern part of the state, spanning from Joliet to the Quad Cities.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced in April that Illinois is one of seven states to lose a congressional seat in the once-a-decade reapportionment process. That process could ax one of the districts in the Metro East.