File While Illinois lost population as a whole in recent years, 15 of its 102 counties gained residents from 2020 to 2024, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau’s estimates ...

If signed, an Indiana bill would create a commission to consider the fate of counties who want to sever ties with Cook County. Since 2020, 33 downstate Illinois counties have passed referendums to ...

MARSHALL, Ill. – Driving west from Central Indiana into Illinois, the farmhouses and crops seamlessly and namelessly blend into one with the occasional whiff of rotting manure, a sign of good ...