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Mike Braun to sign off on push to explore Illinois counties being annexed to Indiana
Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) plans to sign recently passed legislation to explore options for bringing Illinois counties under ...
Indiana takes first action in long-shot plan to acquire parts of Illinois
Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois, as Illinois ...
Indiana-Illinois border bill — criticized as ‘waste of time’ — passes Indiana Senate
The Indiana-Illinois border bill was passed out of the Senate Tuesday with Democratic Senators calling the bill a “political ...
Do Illinois breakaway counties want to become Hoosiers? Annexation bill nears finish line
Even leaders of the two groups pushing for the split from Illinois insist they don’t want to become part of Indiana, at least ...
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Speaker: A 'great opportunity' for disaffected Illinois counties to come over to Indiana
A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana ...
Indiana-Illinois border bill heads to Gov. Braun’s desk
With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana ...
Indiana House sends Illinois secession bill to Braun. What happens without Illinois input?
House Bill 1008, which was led by House Speaker Todd Huston, stemmed from Illinois counties that have voted to secede from ...
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Do Illinois breakaway counties want to become Hoosiers? Annexation bill nears finish line
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 ...