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Gov. JB Pritzker has signed off on new redistricting boundaries for state legislators. Those maps mean some Bloomington-Normal and Peoria residents will see changes in who represents them in state government.
/ McLean County is currently split between three House districts. That would increase to five under the maps released Friday. One Democrat and possibly two could wind up representing parts of Bloomington-Normal if the Democrat-drawn state legislative maps released Friday come to fruition. The new maps, released late Friday, are not finalized and could change as public hearings are held later this month. There would then be an election using the new maps, which are redrawn once every 10 years following the Census. The maps appear to show at least one State Senate district and one Illinois Hou...
Democrats in McLean County say President Joe Biden hit all the right notes in his inaugural address on Wednesday, emphasizing the message of unity is just
Patrick Semansky/pool / AP Democrats in McLean County say President Joe Biden hit all the right notes in his inaugural address on Wednesday, emphasizing the message of unity is just what the country needs after four years of Donald Trump's presidency. Patrick Cortesi chairs the McLean County Democratic Party. He watched intently as Biden took the oath to become the nation's 46th president. On a scale of 1 to 10, Cortesi gave the speech an 8.5. “I’m married to a speech teacher. She would say there were some aspects of the delivery that weren’t quite perfect,” he said. But Cortesi ...