Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action would face roadblocks on the Illinois side, which would prevent a border ...

G.H. Merritt explains that under the U.S. Constitution, you need approval from both the state legislature and Congress for ...

Many of these are on the Illinois-Indiana border or close to it, though not all of them are. Illinois officials have previously raised skepticism about the idea of Illinois counties seceding. "It ...