GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER IS SIGNING LEGISLATION CREATING NEW POLITICAL BOUNDARIES IN ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

THE NEW MAPS OUTLINE DISTRICTS FOR STATE LAWMAKERS, THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW AND THE STATE SUPREME COURT, REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SAYS THE GOVERNOR. BUT REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICIZING THE MAPS, SAYING THEY WERE ONLY DRAWN BY THE DEMOCRATS, NOT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AS THE G-O-P PROPOSED.

THE G-O-P HAD CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, NOT LEGISLATORS TO CREATE THE NEW BOUNDARIES SAYS SENATE MINORITY LEADER DAN MCCONCHIE.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAYS THE NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ENSURE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN LEFT OUT HAVE FAIR REPRESENTATION IN GOVERNMENT.