BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WTVO) — New Illinois, a group that seeks to separate the majority of Illinois from Cook County, is planning to hold its seventh constitutional convention next weekend.
The event will be held at the Chateau Hotel and Conference Center, at 1621 Jumer Drive, in Bloomington on Friday and Saturday, April 4th and 5th.
New Illinois formed in 2018 with a mission to “educate Illinois citizens about their right to form a new state from the State of Illinois, according to the procedure provided in the U.S. Constitution, following the West Virginia model.”…