Grant Dahl, co-host of the Secession ... Further east, the "Illinois Separation Referendum" movement is pushing for a ...

"Our governor claims we're one Illinois," Loret Newlin, director/coordinator of Illinois Separation Referendum, said. "But those of us who live outside Cook County know we aren ... to the organizers ...

“It’s not going to happen.” Proponents for seceding from Illinois argue that Cook County, home to Chicago, has an outsized influence on statewide politics. Illinois has a population of ...

"Our governor claims we're one Illinois," Loret Newlin, director/coordinator of Illinois Separation Referendum, said. "But those of us who live outside Cook County know we aren't and haven't been.

Nevertheless, Huston noted 33 Illinois counties have voted in the past five years to separate from Chicago and Cook County in the hope of establishing a new state. "We think instead of seceding ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A statewide investigation by the Illinois Answers Project shows county jails are using restraint chairs on inmates at an alarming rate. While many jails say the chairs are a last ...

Chris Torres [email protected] Tarrant County commissioners will consider five maps for redistricting, all of which would benefit Republicans based on recent voting trends. The maps were ...

which had been investigated by the Illinois State Police after the Jersey County Sheriff's Department started an initial investigation. According to court documents, between Aug. 2023 and October ...

MONROE COUNTY, Illinois — Early Saturday morning, a crash claimed the life of an Illinois woman and critically injured an Illinois man in Monroe County, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's ...

near Ottawa in LaSalle County, according to a spokesperson for Illinois State Police. A 36-year-old passenger was pronounced dead on scene. Five juvenile passengers were flown to an area hospital ...