Indiana has formed a commission to consider annexing nearby parts of Illinois. Why does it bother with formalities?

A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana ...

The bill was originally proposed by Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, who said more than 30 counties in Illinois have voted to secede since 2020.

To annex the counties into Indiana and redraw the state’s borders, the process would have to include both Illinois ...

No county, most of which are located in rural areas of central and southern Illinois, has voted down a secession referendum, ...

Even leaders of the two groups pushing for the split from Illinois insist they don’t want to become part of Indiana, at least not now.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. As a result, the Democrat ...

he was hired by Sangamon County in May 2023 only to have his career end 14 months later when he shot and killed 36-year-old Sonya Massey in her home. The Illinois Senate advanced a pair of bills ...

A fatal contagious disease killing deer across much of the nation has spread to Adams and three other counties in Illinois ... The Peoria County case was found in a 2-year-old deer that was ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. As a result, the Democrat ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. As a result, the Democrat-majority ...