Federal court panel upholds Democratic-drawn state legislative districts

A federal court panel in Chicago on Thursday upheld a Democratic redrawing of the state’s 177 legislative district boundaries, paving the way for next year’s statehouse elections and rejecting challenges from Republicans and Latino and Black advocacy groups that argued it violated voting rights laws.

Here’s a link to the story in the Southern Illinoisan.

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