Without opposition, the Cook County Board has approved the new legislative map for the 17 commissioner districts they represent. At first glance, the district shapes have changed very little: Even ...

Thirty-three counties are exploring the possibility of forming a separate state, distancing themselves from Cook County. The Illinois Separation Movement is efforting to get more counties and ...

Residents in those Illinois counties voted for a symbolic, non-binding measure that would split them off from Cook County and Chicago and form a new state.. An organization called New Illinois has ...

CHICAGO | The Cook County Board will give its final approval later this month to a new set of boundaries for the districts of its 17 commissioners, meant to reflect ...

When seven counties in Illinois voted in November to explore secession from their state and separate from the influence of Cook County, Indiana House Republicans took notice.

If signed, an Indiana bill would create a commission to consider the fate of counties who want to sever ties with Cook County. Since 2020, 33 downstate Illinois counties have passed referendums to ...