The Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission held its first meeting Wednesday — though without any members from Illinois — and heard testimony from four people in favor of downstate Illinois counties splitting away from their home state in some form.

The commission has been tasked with discussing and recommending whether the boundary between Indiana and Illinois should be adjusted. Within 60 days of completing its work, the commission will have to submit a written report to the general assembly, according to a new state law.

Indiana House Enrolled Act 1008, authored by Speaker Todd Huston, established an Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission to research the possibility of adjusting the boundaries between the two states.

Huston, R-Fishers, said he drafted the bill after

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