Illinois
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Gun shop owner files federal lawsuit over state's weapons ban
Jan 18, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legal challenges to Illinois' semi-automatic weapons ban began Wednesday with a federal complaint that the 8-day-old law prohibits "commonly possessed" and...
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First legal challenges to high-powered gun ban filed
Jan 17, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what's expected to be a flurry of litigation aga...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Pritzker signs abortion rights expansion
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 down by 20%, even as 'Kraken' cases riseJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 declined by more than 20% in a week and counties at an elevated transmission level for the virus also decreased, the Illinois Department of...
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Worker dies after building gives way, trapping him
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Bill guaranteeing workers five days of paid leave will head to governor
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Inauguration speeches hint at growing partisan divide in General Assembly
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Officials: No injuries in fire at LaSalle chemical plant
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Northern Illinois sheriffs announce they won't enforce firearms ban
Jan 11, 2023 12:00 am - County sheriffs across northern Illinois announced Wednesday they won't enforce a new law which in part requires owners of semiautomatic firearms to register their weapo...