With many county public defender offices pushed to the limits throughout Illinois, state lawmakers are moving forward on legislation to create a statewide public defender office.

Indiana's Legislature this week gave final approval to a bill that would create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission to recommend whether to change the border between the two states.

To annex the counties into Indiana and redraw the state’s borders, the process would have to include both Illinois ...

Also known as the "border bill," the legislation would establish an "Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission," with six members appointed by Indiana's governor and five members appointed under ...