{"id":2390650,"date":"2025-01-15T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republicans-propose-annexing-some-illinois-counties\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:49:25","slug":"indiana-republicans-propose-annexing-some-illinois-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republicans-propose-annexing-some-illinois-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Republicans propose annexing some Illinois counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-republicans-propose-annexing-some-illinois-counties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The excerpt discusses a proposal \u2063by Indiana Republicans \u2063to\u2062 annex certain\u200c counties from Illinois. It highlights a meaningful political\u2062 initiative aimed at altering \u2063state boundaries\u2062 for \u200cpotential\u200c administrative, economic, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-crt-a-phony-issue-to-enrage-americans-gop-a-party-of-thugs\/\" title=\"WaPo: CRT a \u2018Phony\u2019 Issue to Enrage Americans, GOP a \u2018Party of Thugs\u2019\">political benefits<\/a>. Further details or implications of this proposal may be provided in the extended context that follows,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">including public reactions<\/a>, \u200dlegislative challenges, or historical aspects of such movements in U.S. politics. \u2063The\u2064 summary hints at the complexities and consequences that could arise from such an action.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Indiana Republicans propose annexing some Illinois counties<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1903196\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republicans in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Indiana<\/a> statehouse have proposed legislation that would redraw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-ag-moves-to-toss-nra-bankruptcy\/\" title=\"New York AG Moves to Toss NRA Bankruptcy\">state border<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Illinois<\/a> and annex some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-failed-to-prepare-for-drought-now-punishes-citizens\/\" title=\"Calif. failed to prepare for drought, now punishes citizens\">southern counties<\/a> to the Hoosier State.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>According to Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, more than 30 counties in Illinois have voted to secede since 2020 due to the state&rsquo;s high taxes. Indiana House Republicans included the bill on a list of their top priorities for the 2025 session.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To all of our neighbors to the west, we hear your frustrations,&rdquo; Huston said. &ldquo;Instead of seceding and creating a 51st state, they should just join us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If the <a href=\"https:\/\/iga.in.gov\/pdf-documents\/124\/2025\/house\/bills\/HB1008\/HB1008.01.INTR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">legislation<\/a> passes, the Indiana General Assembly would create an &ldquo;Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission,&rdquo; which would be tasked with helping those Illinois counties become part of Indiana. However, the Illinois General Assembly would also need to pass a similar resolution, and Republicans have not controlled any part of the Illinois government since 2003, with the exception of former Gov. Bruce Rauner&rsquo;s single term from 2015 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is a process that follows a constitutional process for redrawing state boundaries,&rdquo; Speaker Huston said, claiming that Indiana believes &ldquo;there might be some interest in the Illinois legislature to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The rural Illinois counties of Calhoun, Clinton, Green, Iroquois, Jersey, Madison, and Perry voted affirmatively in November 2024 to the question of whether the counties should explore &ldquo;the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state and to seek admission to the Union as such.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Many of these are on the Illinois-Indiana border or close to it, though not all of them are.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois officials have previously raised skepticism about the idea of Illinois counties seceding.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is my opinion that non-home-rule counties &hellip; do not have the authority to secede from the state of Illinois and join another state,&rdquo; Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Huston noted that the bill is not meant to &ldquo;stir up trouble with Illinois&rdquo; but called it a serious proposal.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Ed DeLaney, a Democrat, said that while the bill likely has the votes to pass in the Indiana House, which has a Republican majority, it distracts from other issues the state is facing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we need more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-data-for-masked-vs-unmasked-counties-would-be-on-every-front-page-if-it-showed-a-different-result\/\" title=\"This Data For Masked Vs Unmasked Counties Would Be On Every Front Page, If It Showed a Different Result\">rural counties<\/a>, how are we doing for the, what, 60-70 rural counties we already have where they&rsquo;re losing hospitals, where their schools are shrinking?&rdquo; DeLaney asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So no, this is not a serious proposal,&rdquo; he said, adding that it &ldquo;could make us a laughingstock.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1903196\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1903196\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Republicans aim to annex Illinois counties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2390651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/indiana-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22110,7006,3756],"class_list":["post-2390650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-annexation","tag-indiana","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/indiana-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390650"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390654,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390650\/revisions\/2390654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}