(The Center Square) – Some Indiana lawmakers want to change their state’s border and welcome 33 Illinois counties that want ...

The Indiana Legislature has Illinois in its crosshairs, renewing a storied state rivalry. Why it matters: The political ...

In November, seven Illinois counties — Iroquois, Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Jersey, Madison and Perry counties — voted to secede from the state. Iroquois County is along the Indiana border ...

Seven mostly Republican counties here voted last November to consider splitting off from their state, bringing to 33 the number that have voted to investigate leaving Illinois — almost a third ...

While Illinois’ total population grew slightly last year, many areas of the state experienced population decline. People moved out of state from half the counties.

In the last five years, voters in 33 Illinois counties have been asked if they want to consider separating from Chicago's Cook County to form a new state. Each time, a majority said yes.

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural Midwest, according to a Stateline analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau county ...

(The Center Square) – Some Indiana lawmakers want to change their state’s border and welcome 33 Illinois counties that want to leave their state. Over the past few years, 33 of Illinois’ 102 ...