The Indiana Legislature has Illinois in its crosshairs, renewing a storied state rivalry. Why it matters: The political ...

Illinois Republicans propose bills to lower property taxes, which are currently the second highest in the nation, amid a mass exodus of residents.

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole ...

Seven mostly Republican counties here voted last November to consider splitting off from their state, bringing to 33 the number that have voted to investigate leaving Illinois — almost a third of the ...

the Republican-majority Indiana General Assembly wants to adjust Indiana’s border and welcome the unhappy counties into the ...

A couple of suburban Chicago legislators — one Democrat and one Republican — are attempting to foment a revolution — they’re targeting township governments in Illinois for a much smaller role.

And they contend the Democratic-led cities have so much clout in state government that rural, Republican voices get drowned out. In the last five years, voters in 33 Illinois counties have been ...

the Republican-majority Indiana General Assembly wants to adjust Indiana’s border and welcome the unhappy counties into the Hoosier state. The plan to create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary ...