The City Council Latino Caucus says its proposed map takes its cues from census data and federal law. But the chair of the Aldermanic Black Caucus says it would be illegal. [City Council Latino Caucus; Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A new Chicago ward map filed by the City Council Latino Caucus would bring the city’s representation closer in line with its population and unify neighborhoods sliced up under the existing map, proponents say.