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The proposed Latino map has 16 Black-majority wards and 15 Latino-majority wards following 2020 U.S. census data showing Chicago’s Latino population climbed and Latinos overtook Blacks as the ...
The new map, which sets the boundaries for Chicago's 50 wards for the next 10 years, has 14 Latino majority wards, 16 Black majority wards, one Black plurality ward, and the city's first-ever ...
After a protracted redistricting process, the Chicago City Council settled on a new 50-ward map last year that reflects current demographics: 18 majority- or plurality-white wards, 17 majority- or ...
Currently, the council has 20 Black members, 12 Latino and 18 who are white, despite a ward map that was drawn in 2010 with 13 wards with a majority of Latino voters and 18 with a majority of ...
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 ...
Ald. Michelle Harris, chairwoman of the City Council’s Rules Committee, said delaying a vote will allow to public input while negotiations continue in hopes of avoiding a referendum, Chicago’s ...
Rules Committee Chair Michelle Harris (8th) has invited Latino Caucus leaders to a meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday in a last-ditch effort to resolve differences standing in the way of a new ward map.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new Chicago ward map was introduced to City Council Wednesday, but no vote was taken. The Black and Latino caucuses are not in agreement over the new boundaries.
As Chicago aldermen get down to redrawing the 50 wards, an independent group releases its latest map and City Council factions jockey for support in the battle to survive.
The group of aldermen are highly critical of the new Chicago ward map presented on Wednesday, calling it the result of "backroom deals." 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West ...
The next map is from 1921. Chicago has grown larger in land area, and the 2.7 million population is comparable to today. We now have the familiar 50 wards, with one alderman each.