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Groups Make Their Case at Redistricting Hearing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers preparing to redraw the state's legislative boundaries are hearing from groups about how to do that.

Several interest groups on Monday told lawmakers they wanted an area south of downtown Chicago with a 30 percent Asian population, many of them Chinese, kept intact and no longer split between a variety of legislative districts

Others said they didn't want largely black districts diluted either.

The hearing was the first of five such events being held around the state by the Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee. The next ones will be April 6 in Springfield, April 16 in Kankakee and Peoria, and April 19 in Cicero.

Democrats are running the show when it comes to redistricting because they control both legislative chambers and the governor's office.

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03 29 11 by Newsroom
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