ILLINOIS HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICAL OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT MAPS DRAWN BY THEIR COUNTERPARTS. 

ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE DEMOCRATS RELEASED PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE BOUNDARIES FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SAYING THEY REFLECT THE BROAD GEOGRAPHICAL AND RACIAL DIVERSITY OF THE STATE. HOUSE G-O-P LEADER JIM DURKIN WASN'T IMPRESSED.

THE NEW MAPS AREN'T GETTING ANY PRAISE FROM G-O-P REPRESENTATIVE TIM BUTLER OF SPRINGFIELD.

THE G-O-P HAS CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, NOT LAWMAKERS, TO COME UP WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS. FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE NEW MAPS WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK.