Behind the Movement to Kick Chicago Out of Illinois
by Stateline | May 14, 2019 AT 8:24 AM
By Matt Vasilogambros
Activists in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have been pushing for statehood for decades. But they aren’t the only ones who aspire to create a 51st state.
Many rural, often conservative, residents of large Democratic-controlled states are tired of being overshadowed politically, culturally and economically by big cities.
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They’ve tried legislation, elections and even redistricting. The problems can’t be solved by traditional means, they say. So why not use a tool built into the U.S. Constitution: create a new state out of an existing state through approval of both the state legislature and Congress?
https://www.governing.com/topics/politics/sl-movement-to-divide-illinois-into-two-states.html
