Articles filed under Illinois
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Giannoulias makes modernization push as new secretary of stateJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state's second-largest constitutional of...
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NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weaponsJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' 2-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws "ubiquitous" firearms in "radical" defiance of the Constitution's Second Amendment, a federal law...
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Too naughty to drive: Why Illinois rejected nearly 400 license plate requests in 2022Jan 22, 2023 6:00 am - There are nearly 1 million vehicles on the road with vanity or personalized license plates issued by the Illinois secretary of state's office. But there are 7,387 alphan...
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Judge issues restraining order in downstate challenge to ban on high-powered riflesJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the new Illinois law banning high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines. Effingham Coun...
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Pritzker plays role of Illinois' 'best chief marketing officer'Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker took the global stage this week at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The governor and high-ranking membe...
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Class-action suit alleges DCFS wrongfully imprisoned hundreds of childrenJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongfully incarcerated hundreds of children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to their...
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Illinois State Rifle Association files federal suit over ban on high-powered gunsJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Rifle Association has joined forces with other gun rights advocates in filing a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new ban on the s...
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Gun shop owner files federal lawsuit over state's weapons banJan 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 filedJan 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...