A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.

Not so, we want to kick ourselves out of Illinois.” Ms. Merritt insists the divide is not partisan but focused on differences between urban and rural lifestyles. She says the counties that want to ...

A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.

(The Center Square) – Opponents say Senate Bill 2217 will be detrimental to rural Illinoisans ... that over 100 state boards in Illinois were inactive. “Our county doesn’t have this ...

The “secessionist” counties in Illinois are in the southern ... those that do not will look more and more like rural Illinois. Michael J. Hicks is the director of the Center for Business ...