Chabris E. Link, 36, had been charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the death of 24-year-old Eric A. Ranson, of ...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker will announce Thursday that he will seek a third term next year, answering a question about his ...

A German court has lifted a ban imposed by the government last year on a far-right magazine, ruling that the case against it didn’t clear the high bar required to ...

It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, June 22, 2025.

CHICAGO — Four Illinois Democratic members of Congress joined immigration and human rights advocates Wednesday morning at a suburban federal immigration processing center, demanding entry into the fac ...

Ghazala Hashmi, the first Muslim to serve in Virginia's Senate, wins Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.

Thirty-five Illinois state’s attorneys signed a brief Friday in support of a ruling declaring the state's assault weapons ban unconstitutional. State's attorneys in Brown, Calhoun and Schuyler ...

WASHINGTON — A closely divided Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the bans on semiautomatic rifles in Maryland, California and eight other blue states.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutional.

CHICAGO (CN) — The Illinois assault weapon and extended ammo magazine bans are back in play as of Thursday afternoon, per an order from a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel that freezes a lower ...