Without opposition, the Cook County Board has approved the new legislative map for the 17 commissioner districts they represent. At first glance, the district shapes have changed very little: Even ...

Illinois Democrats on Friday evening gave the public its first look at their proposed maps containing new boundary lines for Illinois’ 118 state House and 59 state Senate districts that would be ...

Thirty-three counties are exploring the possibility of forming a separate state, distancing themselves from Cook County. The Illinois Separation Movement is efforting to get more counties and ...

Residents in those Illinois counties voted for a symbolic, non-binding measure that would split them off from Cook County and Chicago and form a new state.. An organization called New Illinois has ...

CHICAGO | The Cook County Board will give its final approval later this month to a new set of boundaries for the districts of its 17 commissioners, meant to reflect ...