The strategy worked, adding one Democratic seat to the Illinois delegation and trimming two Republican ones as GOP voters were packed into a smaller number of districts. The new map also ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com Scientists have created an interactive map that shows how parts of Illinois may be swallowed up by Lake Michigan as climate change bites.

If successful, it will drastically alter the map for Illinoisans. “We just think this is a great opportunity for people that are interested in Illinois that want to secede, but we say, ...

More than three years after the state’s legislative map became law and after two election cycles during which it was in effect, Illinois House Republicans on Tuesday asked the state Supreme ...