Increased costs – from higher Medicaid, K-12 education and pension costs – could negate potential positives from adding ...

Cumberland County, Illinois, maintains a 1.0000 property assessment equalization factor for fairly distributing tax burdens.

Indiana lawmakers have filed a bill to consider adding 33 Illinois counties who have voted to leave the state.

I think this movement has a lot more teeth to it than the governor has given it credit for,” said a resident of Troy.

Several Illinois counties that have explored the idea of secession might be welcomed with open arms in Indiana. Legislators ...

Legislation is being considered by state lawmakers that would redraw the state boundaries of Indiana to include a handful of ...

Those counties, now 33 in total, have voted to leave the state of Illinois. The language in the referenda involved the counties splitting off to create a new, 51st state—not joining Indiana.