A powerful spring storm is rapidly approaching central Illinois with several counties already under a tornado watch.

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A bill that could see nearly three dozen Illinois counties secede is one ... I think that this creates the great divide of the red and blue states. I don't like the message that it sends." ...

Second, neither the red state and blue state models of rural development have worked. The secessionist counties of Illinois look just like 40 or 50 declining rural counties in Indiana. Both ...

Indiana lawmakers are moving forward with the initial stages of a bill that would absorb several counties in Illinois where voters no longer feel represented by their state government. On Monday, a ...

First, let’s talk about the daytime hours. The National Weather Service has placed all of northern Illinois under a WIND ...

The “secessionist” counties in Illinois are in the southern part ... It is not between Red or Blue states, or places with high taxes or woke policies. It is primarily between urban and non ...

(The Center Square) – Some Indiana lawmakers want to change their state’s border and welcome 33 Illinois counties that want to leave their state. Over the past few years, 33 of Illinois’ 102 ...