“Things are better in Indiana than they are in Illinois,” Baldwin said. ”Rural Illinois counties align more with Indiana’s policies as far as political and cultural issues.” ...

LAKE FOREST, Illinois ... making the party a competitive bulwark against strongly Democratic Chicago in many statewide races, says Constance A. Mixon, a political scientist at Elmhurst University ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Perennial Republican congressional candidate James Marter of Oswego may soon have competition for his party’s nomination in ...

In November, seven Downstate counties voted to consider ... explained that in states like Illinois and Indiana where one political party dominates, the candidates from that dominant party tend ...

Those counties ... neighbors," Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl said in a statement. "This legislative session should be about Hoosiers — not political games." ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill to invite Illinois counties ... Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl said in a statement. "This legislative session should be about Hoosiers ...

which is not considered likely given the state’s Democratic Party majority in both chambers of the General Assembly. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker dismissed talk of Indiana taking counties from ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill to invite Illinois ... Party Chair Mike Schmuhl said in a statement. "This legislative session should be about Hoosiers — not political ...