Opponents of the measure said it also infringes on the right to keep and bear arms by making home defense more difficult.

(The Center Square) – With Illinois legislators scheduled back to the capitol Saturday, Jan. 4, some are watching what the lame duck session could mean for gun control laws. During the previous lame ...

SPRINGFIELD — Legal wrangling over Illinois’ sweeping gun ban is set to resume Monday in East St. Louis, where a federal judge will consider a challenge to the constitutionality of a law that is ...

The elimination of Illinois’ statewide grocery tax, gun storage laws aimed at preventing shootings and suicides, rules protecting undocumented students, and a ban on fluorescent light bulbs ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State lawmakers left Springfield last week without addressing several plans that could prevent gun violence. Democrats and gun control advocates are not giving up their ...

Gun owners in Illinois will soon be required to take additional measures to keep their weapons out of the hands of children under a new law signed Monday by Gov. JB Pritzker. In addition, law ...

(The Center Square) – The state of Illinois will be defending its gun and magazine ban Monday in front of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The 2023 law was found unconstitutional last year ...

Democratic state Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl and Republican Daniel Behr differ on immigration policy and the effectiveness of the state’s recent criminal justice reform law — but they both want more gun ...

The Cook County, Illinois, state's attorney is proposing a law that would allow non-violent, first-time offenders charged with illegally possessing firearms to participate in a program so they can get ...