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The Illinois Supreme Court ruled against a Republican challenge to the state's legislative maps on Wednesday.
Statehouse Democrats redrew the maps after the 2020 Census, leading Republicans to claim gerrymandering.
Republicans, including House Minority Leader McCombie, argued the maps unfairly favor Democrats and disenfranchise voters.
McCombie stated, "The Illinois Supreme Court has done the Democrats' work," after the ruling.
The court's majority opinion stated Republicans delayed filing the challenge, creating uncertainty for voters and officeholders.

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Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Billions Spent, Staffing Still Falls Short: Workers Call For Accountability CapitolFax.com

[The following is a paid advertisement.] Frontline nursing home workers were at the Capitol Tuesday, joined by lawmakers and senior advocates, to release findings from a new report on the state of long-term care in Illinois. Despite $15 billion in public funding over the past five years—including hundreds of millions intended to support staffing—1 in 5 nursing [...]

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Democratic-led Illinois Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to legislative maps that kept Democrats in control

The Democrat-led Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday said Republicans waited too long to contest the 2021 redrawing of legislative districts that has maintained Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate. Republicans had argued the Democratic mapping effort was unconstitutional political gerrymandering that limited voters’ choices. But the court’s five-member Democratic majority said the GOP’s “timing in filing the instant motion shows …

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IL Supreme Court ruling against map challenge does Dems’ ‘dirty work,’ GOP says

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Supreme Court did the dirty work for Democrats and are disenfranchising millions of voters, according to statehouse Republicans who challenged legislative maps.

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Federal judges hear arguments from NAACP, state officials over new legislative districts

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Republicans can't challenge gerrymandered Democratic district maps, IL Sup Ct rules

Illinois Republicans won't get the chance to argue in court that Democrats have unconstitutionally skewed state legislative maps to all but guarantee their party a supermajority in Springfield, after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled they waited too long to challenge the maps.A dissenting Republican justice on the state high court, however, said the Democrat-dominated state high court improperly chose sides by moving on its own to force Republica…

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