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(Editor's Note: This article was published first at Illinois Policy Institute). Illinois is one of 27 states under extreme threat for partisan gerrymandering, according to an April report by Represent.Us. The report by the nonprofit, nonpartisan reform group rated all 50 states on a “threat” index using a scale of “minimal” to “extreme.” Illinois earned the rating of “extreme” based on the report’s five different threat factors: Can politicians control how election maps are drawn? Can election maps be drawn in secret? Can election maps be rigged for partisan gain? Are the le...

Their grounds for not trusting Gov. Pritzker turned out to be valid. Weeks before the November election, the Pritzker administration threatened to hike income taxes by 20% on everyone if the Tax Hike Amendment failed to pass. A warning to taxpayers to give them more power or else. Fortunately, voters called their bluff and they did not raise the income tax. That is because it was never about the money, it was about power. Pritzker wanted the power to raise taxes whenever he wanted and to target specific groups. Another broken promise was his commitment to root out corruption. During his State...

While on the campaign trail in 2018, Gov. Pritzker was asked if he would veto a legislative map that was “in any way drafted or created by legislators, political party leaders and/or their staffs or allies?” He said YES, he would veto. He went on to say, “We should amend the constitution to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps, but in the meantime, I would urge Democrats and Republicans to agree to an independent commission to handle creating a new legislative map.” In 2020, Senator Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) penned an op-ed in the Daily Herald in support of th...

More than a dozen northern Illinois residents voiced their concerns at a redistricting public hearing Friday in Aurora. Redistricting hearings are taking

A Cook County judge’s ruling keeps state Rep. Thaddeus Jones off ballots for the upcoming mayoral election in Calumet City, though an appeal is expected.