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

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

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

Democrats including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called it ... getting back more than they’re paying.” Putting politics aside, Indiana University economist Justin Ross agreed that current Indiana ...

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 ...

State lines rarely change. If it were to happen, the process would get complicated. Extremely complicated. Undaunted by the logistics, Indiana Republican state legislators are inviting counties in ...

Residents of red counties in blue states wish they had a new political home. Also, in Florida, the Legislature is starting to stand up to Ron DeSantis.

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“Not gonna happen.” Jeffrey Ashley, political science professor at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, also said an Indiana expansion into Illinois is not likely to happen. “If it ...