Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says lawmakers are looking into a proposal to absorb parts of Illinois after multiple ...

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

The Illinois attorney general has said he doesn't believe it is legal or possible for counties to join another state.

CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, ...

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston lays out the efforts to redraw the state lines between Indiana and Illinois.

The third group doesn't care, they just want out of the state (Illinois)." Newlin said the option of joining Indiana wasn't on the referendum, to avoid splitting the vote. "If Indiana were to want us, ...

No, Indiana doesn't really want these Illinois counties — though it is easy to see why Illinois might not want them either.

"If Indiana were to want us," Newlin said, "they should not presume all 33 counties wanted to join. We'd need a separate referendum." Even if Illinois leaders changed their mind and congress got ...

President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the ...