Illinois appears to be heading south in more ways than one, a financial expert said on a Chicago-based radio show recently.

Washington County is “NOT in violation” of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act, County Clerk Nancy Heseman told the SE Illinois News in an email recently.

White County was among 24 Illinois counties on a list of jurisdictions accused of having insufficient voting records because of the number of active and inactive voters, County Clerk Paula Dozier told SW Illinois News.

After two years without a budget and a failed attempt to compromise on a "grand bargain," some in Illinois are asking whether bankruptcy is a viable way out of the state's financial morass.