When seven counties in Illinois voted in November to explore secession from their state and separate from the influence of ...

Ralph Moses is fed up with liberal Democrats elected in Chicago controlling policy for the entire state of Illinois. That ...

"Would Indiana want to take on $30 billion of debt?" Merritt asked. "I kind of doubt it." Moreover, many of the counties that are voting to leave Illinois are struggling. A report titled "The Politics ...

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action ...

A bill filed by Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston would create a commission to "embrace neighboring counties that want to ...

The Indiana House Speaker has introduced a plan to create a bi-state commission to look at bringing some Illinois counties into his state. Most view it as a political stunt, but Speaker Todd Huston ...

Undaunted by the logistics, Indiana Republican state legislators are inviting counties in downstate Illinois to cut ties with ...

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"It's a stunt. It's not going to happen," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said about a proposal for Indiana to absorb up to 33 Illinois counties seeking to secede.