The Wall Street Journal ran a story about Eastern Illinois counties tht have voted they want to leave Illinois and be included in the State of Indiana.
![IL v Ind WSJ headline](https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IL-v-Ind-WSJ-headline.png)
That will not happen, of course, because permission would be required from the Illinois General Assembly.
Knowing that, I do not understand the stories suggesting the idea has a chance.
Nevertheless, the Wall Street Journal did come up statistics comparing the two states which are interesting:
Illinois versus Indiana
![IL v Ind](https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IL-v-Ind-1024x593.png)