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Ashbey Beasley holds a photo of shooting victim Eduardo Uvaldo outside of the Lake County Courthouse on Nov. 1, 2022, following a hearing for Robert E. Crimo III, who is accused of murder in the Highland Park Fourth of July shootings. Beasley and her 6-year-old son were at the parade and escaped the shooting.

Illinois House Democrats unveil proposal to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines in response to Highland Park mass shooting

December 4, 2022 at 8:07 a.m.

Democrats in the Illinois House on Thursday unveiled a proposal to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and eliminate the ability for most people under 21 to obtain a...

State Rep. Justin Slaughter, right, debates with House members before the chamber passed changes to the criminal justice law he sponsored known as the SAFE-T Act on Dec. 1, 2022, in Springfield.

Democratic state legislators approve changes to SAFE-T Act, GOP still blasts law as a ‘misguided, confusing scheme’

December 2, 2022 at 9:10 a.m.

The Democratic-controlled Illinois General Assembly on Thursday approved a series of changes to a nearly 2-year-old criminal justice reform law just one month before some of its key provisions, including...

Supporters listen as then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announces his candidacy for president at the Old State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 10, 2007.

State commemorates Barack Obama’s 2007 presidential announcement with marker at Old State Capitol

November 30, 2022 at 5:07 p.m.

The weather turned frigid in the state capital on Wednesday, just in time for the dedication of a marker commemorating the day nearly 16 years ago when thousands braved single-digit...

Sen. Robert Peters speaks during a Senate Executive Committee at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on April 7, 2022.

Illinois lawmakers file amendment in effort to clarify SAFE-T Act’s most controversial elements

December 1, 2022 at 7:57 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday submitted proposed changes to controversial criminal justice measures, including the end of cash bail, that are slated to take effect on New Year's Day. Changes to...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks with attendees after declaring victory on election night at a rally at the Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel on Nov. 8, 2022.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces bipartisan deal to plug nearly $1.4 billion hole in unemployment fund

November 29, 2022 at 7:55 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to plug a nearly $1.4 billion hole in the state's pandemic-depleted unemployment insurance trust fund, which would wipe out a debt to...

Election manager Stephanie Groenewold wheels a cart of mail-in ballots to a secure location inside the DuPage County clerk's office on Nov. 9, 2022, in Wheaton.

Illinois Supreme Court rejects clerk’s request in tight state legislative race

November 22, 2022 at 5:35 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court, in an unsigned order Monday, rejected a request by the DuPage County clerk to lift a local judge's ruling directing the clerk on how she should...

The workers' rights amendment question is shown on an official ballot for the Nov. 8, 2022, election.

Courts, bargaining table are likely next fronts in battle over Illinois workers’ rights amendment

November 18, 2022 at 5:32 p.m.

There's little common ground between opposing sides of the recently approved amendment enshrining collective bargaining rights in the Illinois Constitution, but they do agree on one thing: The real-world effects...

A gardener blows leaves in front of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Nov. 9, 2022.

In year’s final session, Illinois legislators set to consider changes to SAFE-T Act but likely to leave gun control, abortion for 2023

November 14, 2022 at 9:05 a.m.

With Gov. J.B. Pritzker winning a second term and Democrats holding onto their supermajorities in the General Assembly, Illinois lawmakers this week head into their final session of the year...

Gubernatorial hopeful Darren Bailey and U.S. Rep. Mary Miller chat after receiving endorsements from former President Donald Trump at a rally at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022 in Mendon.

Illinois GOP, suffering from Trump factor and right-wing ideology, teeters on edge of irrelevance

November 12, 2022 at 2:47 p.m.

Illinois' Republican Party teeters on the edge of irrelevance from the shellacking it received Tuesday when voters backed a blue wave of Democrats and rejected the GOP's further rightward movement...

GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey campaigns on July 31, 2022, at the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s victory speech spurs presidential speculation

November 9, 2022 at 5:29 p.m.

When Gov. J.B. Pritzker claimed victory Tuesday night over a vanquished Republican Darren Bailey for a second term as Illinois governor, he also presented himself as a possible 2024 candidate...

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