Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) plans to sign recently passed legislation to explore options for bringing Illinois counties under Indiana’s control. A spokesman for Braun’s office confirmed to the Washington E ...

A bill that would allow Indiana lawmakers to explore welcoming Illinois counties who wish to secede from their state is headed to the governor’s desk.

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois, as Illinois officials remain reluctant to approve the measure.

In the past two Cook County Board of Commissioners committee of the whole meetings, county officials have discussed county ...

Conservationists are speaking up following the Trump administration’s plan to extend the border wall nearly 25 miles in Cochise County.

At the heart of immigration, New Mexico residents confront the human toll and policy failures shaping life along the ...

Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission” to redraw state lines and absorb 33 rural Illinois counties that want to split ...