No, Indiana doesn't really want these Illinois counties — though it is easy to see why Illinois might not want them either.

The state boundary issue is not limited to Indiana. Voters in blue-state conservative counties elsewhere have proposed breaking away to join another state or form their own. Notable examples ...

Indiana Republican lawmakers have launched a bid to redraw state lines and welcome in counties from Democrat-led Illinois. State House Speaker Todd Huston introduced HB 1008, which would establish ...

Neighboring Indiana has taken notice ... where vast swaths of red, rural counties are dominated by a few blue cities. The divide between urban and rural America has long been a fault line ...