ILLINOIS (WTVO) — The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state’s most populous county, Cook County, which is home to Chicago. Each of the seven ...

Since 2020, 33 downstate Illinois counties have passed referendums to explore the formation of a new state. Illinois Gov. has called the action 'a stunt.' A bill throwing out the welcome mat to ...

Thirty-three Illinois counties have held non-binding referendums saying they don't want to be in the same state as Chicago. Some of those counties are on the border with Indiana; others border Iowa.

While its median income ($81,797) was about equal to the state average ... To see the study's interactive map and where the Illinois counties ranked nationally, click HERE.

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 ...