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Not all the stories in "Here I Have Lived: Home in Illinois" are happy ones. These broken, charred items are remnants from a 1908 riot in which white mobs attacked the Black residents of Springfield.

Lincoln museum exhibit offers perspectives on life in Illinois from residents past and present

December 28, 2023 at 5:24 p.m.

What's it like to live in Illinois? A Black doctor recalls navigating a predominantly white neighborhood when she and her family moved to a new home in Springfield's Washington Park...

An assortment of semi-automatic rifles on display for sale at R Guns in Carpentersville on April 29, 2023.

Federal judge declines to delay Illinois gun registration deadline

December 22, 2023 at 5:27 p.m.

A federal judge in southern Illinois ruled Friday that the registration process for guns grandfathered in under the state's sweeping ban on many high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines should remain...

An assortment of semiautomatic rifles are on display for sale at R Guns in Carpentersville on April 29, 2023.

Supreme Court declines to put hold on Illinois gun ban

December 15, 2023 at 6:59 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from gun rights advocates to put a hold on Illinois' sweeping gun ban, a decision coming as the deadline approaches for...

Semiautomatic rifles on display at R Guns on April 29, 2023, in Carpentersville.

Federal judge hears arguments on gun ban registry, while legislative panel considers rules for implementation

December 13, 2023 at 7:05 p.m.

A federal judge in southern Illinois who earlier this year put a hold on the state's gun ban — a decision that was reversed on appeal — on Tuesday heard...

Abortion rights activists rally outside a building at 8 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago that houses an anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy center" on July 15, 2023.

State agrees to drop enforcement of law aimed at anti-abortion clinics accused of deception

December 13, 2023 at 6:53 p.m.

The state has agreed to drop enforcement of a law backers said was aimed at deterring deceptive practices by anti-abortion pregnancy centers following a legal challenge by anti-abortion groups. Gov....

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Byron on Sept. 7, 2021.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs measure lifting Illinois’ moratorium on new nuclear power plants

December 8, 2023 at 6:55 p.m.

A nearly four-decade moratorium on the construction of nuclear plants in Illinois will end next year under a measure signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who vetoed an earlier version...

The proposed site of Gotion's EV battery manufacturing plant on a roughly 150-acre abandoned Kmart warehouse distribution site in Manteno.

Over vocal opposition, Manteno board clears way for $2 billion Chinese-owned EV battery plant

December 5, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

The Manteno Village Board on Monday night approved a zoning change that clears the way for a $2 billion Chinese-owned electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant that has been championed by...

West Side Task Force Outreach worker Roger Stiff provides training on how to respond to overdoses and provides Narcan to a passerby at the intersection of Roosevelt and Pulaski roads in Chicago on Jan. 6, 2023.

Amid drug abuse crisis, state mounts effort to recruit and train more counselors

December 1, 2023 at 6:08 p.m.

The state is spending $3 million in an effort to recruit and retain more substance abuse counselors amid a surge in drug abuse and overdoses that began during the COVID-19...

Raymond Lopez, a candidate for Congress, waits in the long line to file his petitions for the 2024 elections.

In frigid temperatures, candidates line up to submit petitions for March 19 primary

November 29, 2023 at 11:27 a.m.

Bundled up against frigid temperatures, dozens of candidates for state and federal offices, some represented by surrogates, lined up outside the Illinois State Board of Elections office on Monday to...

A display case holds an assortment of rifles that cannot be sold to customers due to the state's sweeping firearms ban at Accuracy Firearms in Effingham, Illinois, on Jan. 26, 2023.

With less than 6 weeks before deadline, 3,400 gun owners have registered guns covered by state ban

November 24, 2023 at 5:09 p.m.

Illinois residents who owned guns covered by the state's sweeping firearms ban before it took effect last January have a little more than one month to register those weapons with...

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