INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WAVE) - Indiana Governor Mike Braun has declared a state of disaster emergency in 18 counties in the Hoosier State due to flooding, storm and tornado damage. It’s effective ...

INDIANAPOLIS — On May 1, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a new law creating the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission. The goal of the commission is to explore taking counties from Illinois ...

The counties, many of which are on the Illinois-Indiana border, cite disagreements with the state’s population center, Chicago, and high taxes in Illinois. They voted in November 2024 on whether ...

Mike Braun. The measure creates the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission to look at welcoming more than two dozen Illinois counties into The Hoosier State. In Bloomington, after a ...

If signed, an Indiana ... of counties who want to sever ties with Cook County. Since 2020, 33 downstate Illinois counties have passed referendums to explore the formation of a new state.

Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed the legislation into law to create the commission that will have six Indiana appointees. It also calls for five members to be appointed under Illinois law ...

Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar USA TODAY NETWORK After 33 counties in downstate Illinois voted in favor of symbolic referendums about creating a new state since 2020, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has taken ...