Social media rumors that the California governor wanted to secede his state from the Union went viral this week.

Majority-GOP counties join other counties that have approved similar nonbinding measures in recent years as residents have ...

Seven counties voted in favor of secession, and in six of those counties, more than 70% of voters were in favor of the ...

Seven Illinois counties voted to consider seceding from the state, expressing dissatisfaction with Chicago's influence on ...

Another group of Illinois counties has voted to explore whether they should secede from the state, citing significant ...

The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state's most populous county, Cook County, ...

Texas nationalist leader Daniel Miller said his group was seeking "political, cultural and economic independence" for the ...

A majority of voters in Greene, Jersey, Calhoun and Madison counties backed a non-binding resolution to form a separate ...

Continuing a recent trend, a group of Illinois counties will cast votes on whether or not they should seek to form a state separate from Chicago and Cook County.

The nonbinding advisory referendums, which include Madison County, are seen by advocates as a way to quantify discontent with ...

“The Illinois Constitution of 1970 does not grant non-home-rule counties the power to secede from the state of Illinois,” he found. He also held that the state’s Election Code does not ...