ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow.
Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a shrinking influence at the state capital for wanting to secede from Illinois.
Voters in 33 Illinois counties—nearly one-third of the state’s 102 counties—including multiple counties in the St. Louis region have now approved non-binding ballot measures saying they no longer want to be part of the state…