Power move: Republicans have little weight in Springfield, but their walkout grated on Democrats who accused them of shirking their jobs to represent constituents.
Republicans have been winning an asymmetric war over district lines for decades. To preserve democracy, their opponents will have to fight back.
UChicago researchers asked residents to draw their neighborhood boundaries in a new map — and Bronzeville appears to have ...
University of Chicago researchers asked Chicagoans to draw their neighborhood boundaries for a new map. Block Club reporters ...
President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the ...
Some Republican lawmakers are trying to make the petition process more difficult in South Dakota, where a ballot initiative process allows residents to adopt new laws ...
The lawsuit faces two hurdles — the law and partisan politics, as viewed through the prism of power. Citing the Illinois Constitution, Republicans argue the state’s 118 House districts are drawn so ...
As President Donald Trump's whims reverberate across the world, one particular Chicago group — globe and mapmakers — rise to ...
Illini made a commitment to taking the basketball to the hoop instead of chucking three-pointers to rally past Ohio State.
Backed by the powerful corn lobby, Marquis Energy’s push to bury carbon emissions underground has sparked a fierce debate in ...
A lawsuit has been filed with the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort to throw out the current legislative maps that the ...
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.