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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks with Ald. Emma Mitts, 37th, following a City Council vote adopting a new map of the city's 50 wards on May 16, 2022. Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune ...
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 ...
The Chicago City Council adopted a new map of the city’s 50 wards Monday — three days before a deadline to avoid having the referendum go to voters on the June primary election ballot. The 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.
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 ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council has reached a tentative compromise deal on changes to the city's ward map. The wards are being redrawn in accordance with results from the 2020 census.
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The City Council has approved a new map for Chicago's 50 wards, as required following the 2010 Census. As CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports, by a vote of 41-8, the aldermen approved the ...
A deal has been struck on a new Chicago City Council ward map that, if approved, will keep the decision out of the hands of voters. Under the deal, which still must be cemented by a City Council ...
Chicago City Council Unveils New Ward Map After Contentious Negotiations The map will create the city's first majority Asian-American ward, along with 14 Latinx-majority wards, according to officials ...
Showdown vote on Chicago ward map called off; public hearings next Ald. Michelle Harris, chairwoman of the City Council’s Rules Committee, said delaying a vote will allow to public input while ...
Chicago City Council Reaches Agreement on New Ward Map, Avoiding Potential Referendum The map will create the city's first majority Asian-American ward, along with 14 Latinx-majority wards ...
For the first time ever, Chicago could see a majority-Asian ward on the South Side. Chicago’s Asian population has grown 31% in the past ten years, according to 2020 census data, from about ...