Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston says lawmakers are looking into a proposal to absorb parts of Illinois after multiple ...

Feb. 15, Hancock County Historical Society quarterly meeting will host Reg Ankrum, a resident of Quincy, speaking on “The Statehood of Illinois and County Formation.” He is a ...

Here were the 2024 average home prices of Milwaukee County's most affordable suburbs: That level of affordability sets Milwaukee County apart from the rest of the metro area. Across Waukesha, Ozaukee ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned all defendants, including multiple defendants from Lake and McHenry Counties, involved in the January ... in court documents that the two brothers flew from ...

a movement began for rural counties of Illinois to leave Chicago, and Cook County in particular, behind. Since the movement began, 33 Illinois counties have passed "advisory referenda" to secede ...

To get a glimpse of regional variations in employment, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates in Illinois, using BLS data ... the number of unemployed people within ...

The McHenry County sheriff has called out an Illinois law that prevents law enforcement from working with the feds on immigration matters, saying the law compromises the safety of the community.

Last election, seven Illinois counties joined more than 20 others to greenlight a proposal to explore splitting from the state. Madison County in the Metro East became the first nonrural county to ...

ADAIR COUNTY, Mo. — Gayla McHenry has made history as Adair County's first female commissioner. Representing District 2, McHenry has deep roots in the community, having lived in Adair County her ...

The attorney general of Illinois, Kwame Raoul (D), says the counties considering secession have no legal standing for it. “Nothing in Article VII, section 2(a), addresses the concept of county ...