(The Center Square) – Some Indiana lawmakers have taken steps to absorb the Illinois counties that have voted to leave the state.
Last election, seven Illinois counties joined more than 20 others to greenlight a proposal to explore splitting from the state. Madison County in the Metro East became the first nonrural county to pass the referendum.
As part of their 2025 agenda, Indiana GOP lawmakers led by House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, introduced a bill in the Indiana legislature that would create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission. The commission would study whether to recommend absorption of Illinois counties that want to secede.
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“To all of our neighbors to the west, we hear your frustrations and invite you to join us in low-cost, low-tax Indiana,” Huston told WISH-TV.
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