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Amid Texas remap battle, bipartisan effort begins in Illinois to reform redistricting

A bid to establish a ballot initiative in 2026 to reform the redistricting process for Illinois state legislative map-making ...

Texas House Democrats planning their departure from Illinois and back to Austin

Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan said they would return after ...
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Texas man arrested in Illinois with 40 lbs of suspected cocaine

A 63-year-old man from Texas was arrested in Kankakee County after a drug bust by Illinois State Police revealed 15-kilo bundles of suspected cocaine in a truck tractor.

Some Texas Democrats leave Illinois as second special session in their state begins

Some Texas House Democrats confirmed they were leaving after the first special session in the Lone Star state ended Friday, ...
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Illinois State Police arrest Texas man with 40 pounds of cocaine on I-57

The Illinois State Police, in collaboration with the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, arrested 63-year-old ...

Illinois judge rules against Ken Paxton in his effort to have Texas House Dems arrested

Illinois law enforcement officers cannot arrest Texas House Democrats who have been staying in the northern state in protest ...

Texas woman charged with trying to kidnap children from Aurora, Illinois, bring them to their father in Mexico

Cindy Sanchez, 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested and charged with two counts of kidnapping two counts of child abduction ...

Texas Democrats fly home from Illinois, clearing way for Republicans to call vote on redistricting

On Monday morning, the lawmakers boarded a jet at O'Hare shortly after 7 a.m., ending what had been a 15-day hiatus in ...