The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is raising questions about the rights and risks of bringing a firearm to a ...

Among the hundreds of new laws in effect in Illinois this year is a strengthened requirement for firearm owners reporting ...

(The Center Square) – Components of Illinois Safe Gun Storage Act go into effect Jan. 1. Supporters of Senate Bill 8, like gun control advocacy group Giffords, say in addition to strengthening ...

Joe Cohen, the Treasurer of the Illinois State Rifle Association, opens his warning with the kind of tone you use when you think the public is being sold a story that isn’t true. He says he “deals ...

A host of new laws in Illinois will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. From gun safety to rogue towers, protection from squatters, medical assistance in dying, protections for immigrants and more, here are ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gun owners in Illinois must take new steps in 2026 to secure their firearms in their homes, particularly when children are present. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8, known as ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Starting January 1, Illinois gun owners will face stricter requirements under the state’s new Safe Gun Storage Act, aimed at reducing accidental shootings and teen suicides.

Gun owners in Illinois must take new steps in 2026 to secure their firearms in their homes, particularly when children are present. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8, known as the Safe Gun Storage ...

ILLINOIS (KWQC) - New laws are set to take effect in Illinois in 2026, including changes that impact gun owners, police response times, prescription drug costs and workplace rights for nursing mothers ...

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