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A Springfield Armory AR-15-style rifle on the wall at Voodoo Firearms on Jan. 24, 2023, in Minooka. Voodoo Firearms is one of the plaintiffs included in the first lawsuit seeking a stop to the enforcement of the assault weapons ban. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Judge’s decision in gun ban challenge weeks away as state also set to appeal concealed carry ruling

September 20, 2024 at 8:52 p.m.

A downstate judge's decision on a challenge to the Illinois gun ban is weeks away. Meanwhile, the state plans an appeal on an adverse ruling on its concealed carry law.

A groundskeeper tends to a baseball field that has arisen on the 78, where a new White Sox stadium has been proposed on Sep. 6, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Legislators say they’re still skeptical about public funding for new White Sox stadium after team-sponsored cruise

September 18, 2024 at 8:01 a.m.

Illinois legislators who went on a Chicago River cruise to the site of a proposed White Sox stadium said they remain skeptical on the prospects for public funding.

Michael Broadway, seen on Nov. 30, 2023, was an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center. Broadway's death drew fresh attention to conditions at the aging prison. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Autopsy shows Stateville inmate died of asthma, heat stress during June heat wave

September 16, 2024 at 6:57 p.m.

An autopsy found bronchial asthma and heat stress were the chief causes of the death of an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center.

Dan Eldridge stands inside his store, Maxon Shooter's Supplies & Indoor Range in Des Plaines, on Sept. 12, 2024. Eldridge is president of the Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois, an advocacy group for gun dealers that's part of the litigation challenging Illinois' ban on many semiautomatic guns. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Downstate federal trial poses latest test for Illinois gun ban

September 16, 2024 at 10:37 a.m.

The bench trial before U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn could be a difficult test for the ban on many semiautomatic guns.

A passenger boards as a train car prepares to depart the CTA Blue Line station at Forest Park on Sept. 3, 2024. Four people were shot and killed on a Blue Line train in Forest Park early Monday. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Horrific, heinous, inexplicable’: Charges filed in shooting deaths of four on CTA Blue Line

September 4, 2024 at 12:28 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors have charged one person with murder after four people were shot to death Monday morning at the Forest Park Blue Line station, according to Forest Park police.

Passengers wait for a CTA Blue Line train at Halsted/UIC as traffic passes on the Eisenhower Expressway and the Jane Byrne Circle Interchange on Oct. 24, 2022. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Federal judge rules Illinois’ concealed carry law can’t prohibit holders from having guns on public transportation

September 8, 2024 at 12:06 p.m.

The decision was a result of a 2022 lawsuit filed by four men who alleged the section of Illinois' concealed carry law that bars holders of concealed carry licenses from...

The Illinois state flag flaps in the wind on a downtown Chicago building on March 7, 2023. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois to soon accept submissions for new state flag

August 28, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

Tough state leaders might keep the current flag, submissions for a new one can be made online or through the mail from Sept. 3 until Oct. 18.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker address the delegates on Aug. 20, 2024, during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois Supreme Court sides with GOP, upholds unconstitutionality of ban on slating candidates

August 26, 2024 at 6:03 p.m.

The election law calls for barring the slating of legislative candidates in races where political parties did not field contenders in the primary.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on stage on Aug. 22, 2024, during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Kamala Harris accepts Democratic presidential nomination and urges the nation to move forward — not back

August 23, 2024 at 6:55 a.m.

Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president, pledging her election would present to the nation a “precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles...

Lisa Madigan, former Attorney General of Illinois, and Marc H. Morial, president of the National Urban League appear at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, Aug. 22, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan campaigns for Kamala Harris at DNC

August 22, 2024 at 8:51 p.m.

Madigan was Illinois' attorney general in Illinois at the same time Kamala Harris was the attorney general in California.

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