John Adams Knight, whose house sits in Auburn's West Pitch Park, acknowledged that once he backed the North, it was a trying ...

Grab a map from a docent and allott several ... would find in the art museums of much larger cities. In 1861, following Virginia's secession from the Union, Richmond became the capital of ...

One type of secession active in 2025 is when one or more rural counties seek to secede from the current state to join a ...

A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

“Shall the board of (the county) correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois, outside of Cook County, about the ...

The potential impact of Illinois counties' secession Only one Democrat on the ... that it's better to manipulate maps than actually solve problems together. "I think that this creates a further ...

In total, 33 counties in more southern, rural parts of Illinois have expressed interest in secession due to dissatisfaction with the liberal state governments and allocation of resources between ...

Even the Convention of this State, so unanimous in passing the ordinance of secession, voted down, by a large majority, a resolution against reunion. If the Convention, under the excitement of ...

Meanwhile, some have argued that no state can secede on its own by law, making secession highly unlikely. The bill, titled House Bill 1008, was approved by lawmakers in the House in a 69-25 vote ...

A bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border passed out of the Indiana House Thursday with the Speaker of the House suggesting that other Midwestern states join Indiana. Indiana House ...

A bill to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border received initial approval Monday in an Indiana House committee, but the discussion opened up a Pandora’s box, with some of its Illinois supporters ...