SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in Illinois advanced out of the state House on Thursday and now awaits action in the Senate. The bill…
SPRINGFIELD – A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-power, semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts said that…
Nine days after the horrifying events of July 4, people congregated on the front lawn of the Highland Park City Hall for a Community vigil July 13. The vigil was held in response to…
SPRINGFIELD – A state program aiming to take a “comprehensive approach to ending Illinois’ firearm violence epidemic” will be expanded under a law signed Friday, Dec. 10…
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House Judiciary Criminal Committee advanced several bills Tuesday, March 9 including measures pertaining to animal cruelty laws, record expungement and…
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was joined Aug. 11 by Cook County Commissioners Brandon Johnson, Dennis Deer, Frank Aguilar, Alma Anaya and Bridget Degnen and Avik Das,…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly told a state violence prevention task force this week that expressway shootings, gun trafficking, trooper staffing levels…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Monday, Nov. 1 classifying ongoing gun violence in Illinois as a public health crisis and announced his intent to include…
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