City council tables redistricting ordinance
On the advice of its Chicago-based attorney, city council tabled an ordinance to draw new district maps.
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On the advice of its Chicago-based attorney, city council tabled an ordinance to draw new district maps.
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The lawsuit contends that the six single-member council districts should have been redrawn following the 2020 census and that the current district map fails to provide equal representation in each
Council voted Aug. 2 to hire a firm to represent it in response to a federal lawsuit concerning redistricting, but council has not voted on which firm to hire. Still,
The council Wednesday also voted to set a cap of $200,000 for the legal representation.