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Sign up for The Spin to get the top stories in politics delivered to your inbox weekday afternoons. The Rules Committee met Friday and heard during public testimony from several residents of the Canaryville neighborhood, who argued their community should not be partially cut out of the 11th Ward in order to make it majority Asian.
The Rules Committee will now break until January, when Harris has set four additional meetings to give the public more chances to weigh in. The extended timeline is an opportunity for aldermen to continue negotiating privately and try to pull more colleagues to their side in the dispute.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot would like to avoid that because of the cost and the added acrimony that would certainly result in the already fractious council. The legal fight dragged on for six years.
It remains to be seen whether aldermen can reach a deal before then, and whether residents are convinced their input had any real bearing on the outcome. The Rules Committee map creates 16 Black-majority wards, 14 Latino wards and an additional ward with a Black plurality.
The Latino map has 16 Black-majority wards and 15 Latino-majority wards. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Kim Reynolds in her charge to state legislators. An expected decision by the U. Supreme Court in to restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v.
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