Thirty-three Illinois counties have held non-binding referendums saying they don't want to be in the same state as Chicago. Some of those counties are on the border with Indiana; others border Iowa.

Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois. The legislature in the Hoosier State passed a bill last week to establish the ...

The counties, many of which are on the Illinois-Indiana border, cite disagreements with the state’s population center, Chicago, and high taxes in Illinois. They voted in November 2024 on whether ...

With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana legislature and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk for signature into law.

Indiana Takes a First -- and Long -- Shot at Acquiring Parts of Illinois Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely. Indiana's ...