The federal courts have thrown out one of the Republican party's lawsuits arguing the legality of the new congressional district map drawn by Democrats.
African Americans for Legislative Redistricting has asked the three-judge panel overseeing the GOP's lawsuit against the remap process to all them to be added to the case as a defendant.
Illinois' Republican delegation has asked a federal judge to force the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to provide more information on how they decided to remap the state's 18 House districts.
Some members of the Asian-American and Latino communities are taking issue with the proposed redistricting map that could be approved as early as today in the General Assembly.
