Downstate leaders believe their constituents want to split Illinois into two new states. The big picture ... that national Democrats would let the divide happen in exchange for Washington ...

And we're going to look at two states with two different approaches - Florida and Illinois. NPR's Larry Kaplow ... Well, state powers were really baked into the U.S. Constitution from the ...

There is a growing wave of young Democrats who have launched bids to shake up the party’s ranks by ousting incumbent House members in deep blue seats. They see voter frustrations with Democrats’ ...

The bill would aim to create a commission made of five representatives from Indiana and five from Illinois, and would be tasked with evaluating the location of the boundary between the two states ...