News

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Democratic lawmakers from Texas just arrived at O'Hare Monday to head back to the Lone Star State. The ...
Texas State Rep. Gene Wu endorses Illinois Rep. Hoan Huynh in the race to succeed Jan Schakowsky as Evanston's representative ...
In a battle prompted by President Trump, Texas and California could redraw lines that change whose votes really matter in the ...
There’s historical precedent for Texas House Democrats vamoosing to deny Republicans the quorum they need to carry out ...
Opinion

From blue to red

There are few dumber studies that pop up in our media than those purporting to rank the quality of life in our 50 states, usually in ways that make Southern states out to be the worst places to live.
In assessing the current controversy over Texas Republicans’ proposed redistricting of the state’s U.S. House seats, two historic facts should be considered. One is that the principle of equal ...
Texas Republicans will resume pushing through U.S. House maps that would carve out a bigger GOP advantage in the 2026 ...
It’s not just Donald Trump’s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP’s advantage, Democrats have shown they are willing to go ...
There is no guarantee Democrats can prevent the Republican-powered redistricting, just as Democrats on Capitol Hill have not ...
There are a lot of things going on at the federal and state levels that are intertwined. President Donald Trump used his ...
The Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a Republican gerrymandering plan said they’d remain in the Land of Lincoln as “long as it takes” to prevail. Well, if multiple news sources are ...
Missouri's congressional map earned an average score, or "C," for both, with an average compactness score of 0.456 (just shy ...