ISP notes drug and arrest haul from across the past year
Illinois State Police say they seized almost 18,000 pounds of illegal drugs across the state last year. State Police also noted that they had arrested more than 1,900 people last year on charges ranging from drugs and
Springfield man sentenced to a decade in federal prison for heroin and firearm charges
A Springfield man was sentenced to prison for distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. 45-year-old David Jackson will spend ten years in the Bureau of Prisons, followed
AP: A passenger hid bullets in a baby diaper at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. TSA officers caught him
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a loaded diaper, but not like you would think. Security officers found 17 bullets concealed inside a disposable baby diaper Wednesday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Hancock: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block assault weapons ban as full legal challenges progress
Pritzker says he still believes law is constitutional By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders this week turning down requests to block enforcement of Illinois’ assault weapons ban
AP: The Supreme Court refuses to block an Illinois law banning some high-power semiautomatic weapons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade
Hancock: As deadline looms, assault weapons registration rules still unresolved
Lawmakers continue questioning rules as case appears headed to U.S. Supreme Court By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Firearm owners in Illinois will have to wait at least another month before knowing exactly what
Adams: What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban
Which guns are banned, how to file disclosures and what happens next By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Gun owners face a Jan. 1 deadline to register their assault weapons with the state under Illinois’ assault
Hancock: Gun rights groups to seek Supreme Court ruling on assault weapons
High court already set to consider several gun-related cases this term By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gun rights advocacy groups say they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s
Illinois General Assembly veto session bills vary from union legislation, to possible innovations to gun and cannabis regulations
The upcoming veto session will allow legislators to reconsider measures vetoed by Gov. JB Pritzker and take on other bills yet to be passed. Union organizing for legislative staff and collective bargaining rights will be on the
AP: Hunter Biden prosecutor to appear for closed-door congressional testimony, AP sources say
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is expected to testify before a Congressional committee behind closed doors as a GOP probe into the Justice