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Remember to set your clocks
March 9, 2019
New bill aims to crack down on illegal gun possession
March 9, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — A state senator is proposing legislation that would tighten gun ownership laws in Illinois and require law enforcement officers to confiscate weapons and ammunition…
Rockford shooting suspect surrenders to police
March 7, 2019

The man who allegedly shot and killed a McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy was apprehended near Lincoln, Ill. at approximately 5 p.m.Thursday. Deputy Jacob Keltner, a member of a U.S….
Feds drop charges against Schock, if he pays back money
March 6, 2019

More than two years after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on 24 felony charges, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock is off the hook, for the most part. In Chicago March 6, U.S. District…
Illinois universities detail billions in construction needs
March 6, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — With talk of the first capital bill in nearly a decade permeating the Capitol, representatives of the state’s public universities and community colleges put in their…
Illinois Republicans unite against tax shift
March 5, 2019

Illinois House Republicans are united in opposition to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax. State Rep. Grant Wehrli of Naperville said the governor has to release his planned…