A legislative proposal in Indiana that seeks to establish a commission for absorbing 33 Illinois counties that have expressed

A bill to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border received initial approval Monday in an Indiana House committee, but some Illinois supporters prefer to establish a new state.

Imagine Indiana and Illinois using the strengths of their economies to help both states grow, even as they compete. Consider the potential to improve the quality of life for Illinoisans and Hoosiers if the two neighbors collaborated on ways to upgrade school buildings,

Southern Illinois visits the Indiana State Sycamores after Kennard Davis scored 24 points in the Salukis' 88-79 victory over the Illinois State Redbirds.

A bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border passed out of the Indiana House Thursday with the Speaker of the House suggesting that other Midwestern states join Indiana.

An Indiana House committee has approved House Bill 1008, sponsored by Speaker Todd Huston, to establish an Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission, which would be tasked with researching the possibility of redrawing the states' boundaries.

A bill aiming to explore the possibility of a land exchange between Illinois and Indiana took a step closer to reality in the Indiana legislature.

House Speaker Todd Huston's priority bill to launch a commission discussing redrawing the state boundary earned Democratic support Monday.

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston said he introduced the legislation after seven downstate Illinois counties — Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Iroquois, Jersey, Madison, and Perry — voted in November on a ballot referendum to secede from the state.

A plan to have several Illinois counties join Indiana has advanced to the Indiana Senate. House Bill 1008 passed out of the House on Thursday, Feb. 20. It now heads to the Indiana Senate, where it has been sponsored by Sen. Scott Baldwin (R-District 20).

House Bill 1008, authored by Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, has been panned by Illinois leaders as a stunt. On the House floor before the vote, Huston once again emphasized Indiana’s tax rates and rattled off economic statistics and framed his measure as a way to highlight the state’s progress.

A bill that could see nearly three dozen Illinois counties secede is one step closer to passing after it was approved in Indiana's House of Representatives on Thursday. Some Illinois residents ...