Connor Towne O'Neill

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230 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 5 Jul

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Up First from NPR · The growing movement to secede from Illinois and become the 51st state · 5 Jul 2026 podcast

And Lorette Newlin of Illinois Separation, she stressed that she was putting the advisory question on the ballot instead of waging war, as if the referendum acted almost as a pressure release valve for this urban-rural tension in the state.

This year, Nuland has persuaded eight more county boards to include the separation referendum on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections.

She continues to lobby in more counties.

But in doing so, does she risk spreading sparks to more of the state?

I pushed her on it.

You have got your finger on the pulse of something here.

And I'm wondering, if it doesn't work, what happens to that energy?

Totally.

Thanks, Aisha.

Good to be with you.

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