Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Pritzker signs abortion rights expansionJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday during the Gen...
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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 himJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - A worker died Thursday after a Chicago building partially collapsed, trapping him beneath debris before firefighters freed him, fire officials said. Three workers were i...
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Bill guaranteeing workers five days of paid leave will head to governorJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would guarantee a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave per year for all Illinois workers passed both chambers of the General Assembly on Tuesday, ...
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Inauguration speeches hint at growing partisan divide in General AssemblyJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Incumbents and newly minted lawmakers were sworn into their terms in the 103rd General Assembly on Wednesday following a hectic week of late action by the ...
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Officials: No injuries in fire at LaSalle chemical plantJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - La SALLE, Ill. - Officials said a large fire that sent smoke plumes towering over a LaSalle chemical plant has been contained and no injuries have been reported. After t...
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Northern Illinois sheriffs announce they won't enforce firearms banJan 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...
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Gun shop owners say they'll keep high-powered inventory in storageJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - In the days before Illinois' assault weapons ban was signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday, business ticked up at Maxon Shooter's Supplies, a gun shop in suburban Des ...