INTRO: More counties in Illinois continue to approve measures approving separation from Chicago and Cook County. Fox 32 Chicago’s Burt Buganski (buh-GAN-skee) reports.
ACK: Fox 32 Chicago’s Burt Buganski
TAG: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (KWAH-may rah-OOL) gave a legal opinion on the issue three years ago … saying only Congress has the power to admit new states and prevent a subdivision from an existing state from breaking away without that state’s consent.
KEYWORD: Politics, Legal, Election
