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Indiana wants to welcome Illinois counties that voted to secede

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Indiana lawmakers want to adjust Indiana ’s border and welcome 33 Illinois counties that want to leave their state.

The plan to create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Committee easily passed the Indiana House of Representatives recently and is now before the Senate .

Critics say Indiana should focus on helping Hoosiers rather than trying to expand the state's boundaries.