Illinois House Republicans filed a lawsuit over the Democratic-drawn legislative map, arguing it violates the state Constitution.

Republicans in the Illinois House say the state’s current legislative map is unconstitutional and illegally favors Democrats, and the GOP is asking the state’s Supreme Court to intervene.

The top Republican in the Illinois House of Representatives sued to invalidate the chamber’s Democratic-approved district map, saying it was a product of “extreme partisan gerrymandering.”

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor Democrats.

Sponsored by State Sen. Neil Anderson (R-Andalusia), Senate Bill 1313 supports "targeted operations" to deport undocumented immigrants accused or convicted of felonies and calls on Illinois to take on an "active role" in helping ICE.

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Swanson said the appointment was a “total surprise.”

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge temporarily blocked the effort.

Illinois House Republican leaders filed a lawsuit before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday claiming the current House district map disenfranchises voters.

The lawsuit comes after House Republicans failed to gain seats in the two election cycles since a new map was drawn in 2021 following the census and implemented for the 2022 election. Republicans lost five seats in 2022 and failed to win any back in 2024, leaving House Democrats with 78 members in the 118-member House.

Illinois Senate Republicans introduced a new bill on Tuesday that would require the state's local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report and d

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map drawn in 2021. House Minority Leader Tony McCombie and colleagues on Tuesday said the court should declare the map violates the state constitution because it doesn’t have compact districts and violates the protection of “free and equal” elections by diluting Republican voting strength.