With a deadline approaching to avoid the first Chicago ward map referendum in three decades, Latino aldermen failed this week to convince City Council colleagues to let them make changes to the ...

NBC Chicago and Ward Room bring you profiles on all 50 wards this election season. As candidates face off in the Feb. 24 election, they are also facing a new ward map, which takes effect when the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --After months of acrimonious fighting over the future boundaries of the city's 50 wards, the City Council on Monday approved a new ward map that will avoid having voters choose ...

The Chicago City Council is losing yet another member. Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) on Friday filed paperwork with the Chicago Board of Elections to withdraw his candidacy for the 26th Ward seat.

Chicago aldermen have failed to compromise on a ward map, but will be holding a series of additional meetings this month.

The next map is from 1921. Chicago has grown larger in land area, and the 2.7 million population is comparable to today. We now have the familiar 50 wards, with one alderman each. Chicago has a ...

Ward remap referendum still not a done deal The deadline to avoid a referendum, by convincing 41 members of the City Council to agree on a map, is May 19.

The new ward map, below, passed City Council today by a vote of 41-8, a melding of the "Map For a Better Chicago" and the "Taxpayer Protection Map." * WBEZ has an excellent interactive that's much ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new Chicago ward map was introduced to City Council Wednesday, but no vote was taken. The Black and Latino caucuses are not in agreement over the new boundaries.

The contentious battle over the new Chicago ward maps appears over, with a compromise deal in place to avoid a costly referendum. But backroom deals may have left the Latino Caucus fractured.

CHICAGO — Ald. Michelle Harris (8th Ward), Chair of the City Council Rules Committee confirmed Monday night that city aldermen have reached a deal on a new ward wap.

Of the seven special aldermanic elections set for Tuesday, none provides a more clear-cut picture of the state of Chicago politics than the contest in the 26th Ward, a zigzag chunk of land on the ...