A bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border passed out of the Indiana House Thursday with the Speaker of the House suggesting that other Midwestern states join Indiana. Indiana House ...
Illinois State Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, has filed a companion bill in Illinois, and said his bill “does similar things and is comparable to the Indiana bill.” Illinois House Bill ...
Indiana House legislators gave initial approval to a bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border Wednesday, but the bill continues to open up a Pandora’s box of amendments — from ...
and have voted to secede — or leave Illinois altogether. Now, an Indiana bill is looking to capitalize on all of that discontent. An Indiana lawmaker has rolled out the welcome mat for people in ...
An Indiana bill that would study redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border passed a committee, but the chance of it being approved by both state legislatures and Congress is slim. Sun-Times file Share ...
The Indiana House gave a stamp of approval to Republican House Speaker Todd Huston’s bill that creates a commission to discuss how Illinois counties could secede from their state and join Indiana.
An Indiana bill would set up a commission to evaluate changing the state’s boundary with Illinois to welcome counties who have approved exploring seceding from the Land of Lincoln. The bill ...
Indiana representatives on Thursday took another step to poke around the possibility of adding counties from Illinois to the Hoosier State. The House voted largely along party lines, 69-25 ...
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana House committee has advanced a bill to start the process of potentially annexing counties from Illinois. House Bill 1008, authored by Indiana Speaker Rep. Todd Huston ...
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, appears to be entirely serious about his idea for Indiana to negotiate with Illinois about the Hoosier State absorbing up to 33 Illinois counties whose voters ...
The Indiana House thinks it would be nice if representatives from the Hoosier State and from Illinois could get together and discuss whether portions of Illinois might be better off as part of ...