Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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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 ...