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 ...

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 ...

If signed, an Indiana bill would create a commission to consider the fate of counties who want to sever ties with Cook County. Since 2020, 33 downstate Illinois counties have passed referendums to ...

A bill that would allow Indiana lawmakers to explore welcoming in Illinois counties who wish to secede from their state is headed to the governor’s desk. On Thursday, Indiana House Bill 1008 ...

Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois. The legislature in the Hoosier State passed a bill last week to establish the ...

Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely.Indiana’s Legislature this week gave final approval to a bill that would create the ...

With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana legislature and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk for signature into law.

Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely. Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step ...

which already cleared the Indiana House, that would begin the process of absorbing Illinois counties that wish to break away from Cook County and Chicago. The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Braun to ...

The Indiana Senate passed a bill to create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission earlier this week, sending it to Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) to be signed into law as soon as the state ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill to invite Illinois counties into the Hoosier State. The House voted to concur with the Senate version on April 17. House Enrolled Act 1008 now heads ...

Discussions concerning the farcical notion that Indiana might someday absorb 33 non-contiguous Illinois counties whose voters have expressed interest in establishing their own state are set to ...