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Illinois Dems set to OK new legislative maps over criticism

by Sara Burnett
| August 31, 2021 8:03 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats were poised Tuesday to approve new legislative boundaries over objections from Republicans and some community groups that the process was unnecessarily rushed and maps were drawn behind closed doors to keep Democrats in power in the state Legislature.

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