It took a second attempt, but the Aurora City Council Monday adopted a new ward map that Mayor Richard Irvin can sign.The map adopted last week by the council went unsigned by the mayor after it ...

More than a year after Chicago aldermen thought they had settled the contentious issue of redrawing the city’s 50 ward boundaries, the new map they approved is facing a challenge in federal ...

The 2nd Ward change kept most of the 43rd Ward intact – as residents from Lincoln Park had demanded at a contentious hearing last week. * Chicago Journal has a report from that contentious hearing .

Chicago’s 2nd Ward has grown from one of its least gerrymandered to its most over the past 80 years. This gif shows just how gerrymandered Chicago is - WBEZ Chicago ...

The ward as it exists today will be absorbed by several other wards when the new map takes effect in 2015 and the 2nd Ward will be moved clear across the city. "It is eliminated," Fioretti said of ...

Maps Courtesy of Chicago Cityscape. June 26, 2019, 12:01 pm . ... 2nd Ward. Historically, the 2nd Ward was a stronghold of black political power. Chicago's first black alderman, ...

With Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) aiming to oust Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the upcoming election, six candidates are vying to replace Fioretti as alderman, and will face plenty of challenges in a ward ...

The Chicago City Council Latino Caucus rolls out its proposal for redrawing ward lines. Other groups will likely offer their own plans soon.

The 2nd Ward elected Oscar De Priest, Chicago’s first black alderman, in 1915. In 2007, it elected Bob Fioretti, ... 11th Ward: When the ward map was redrawn a decade ago, ...

The biggest difference between the two maps is the disposition of the 2nd Ward. On the Latino map, it is still on the Near South Side, where it’s been for over 100 years.

(Take a look: Map of Chicago's new wards.) The centerpiece is the new 2nd Ward — and I use the word "ward" advisedly. It's not so much a ward as a collection of stray blocks that other aldermen ...

A new Chicago ward map was introduced to city council on Dec. 1, 2021. Armed with their 500-page petition, ... And I can't endorse it. It's wrong," said Ald. Brian Hopkins, 2nd Ward.