While the new year typically brings the bulk of new laws to Illinois, a few new or updated pieces of legislation will go into ...

More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial ...

A ruling against Illinois' assault weapons ban is being appealed to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

McGlynn of the Southern District of Illinois ... wide array of civil and criminal laws that permit the commitment and prosecution of those who use or may use firearms to commit crimes.

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) praised the filing of an important “friend-of-the-court” brief by the United States ...

The department implemented a range of recommendations meant to improve its homicide investigations, but with no obvious ...

Attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice have sided with four plaintiffs in their lawsuit against Illinois’ ban on more than 170 semi-automatic firearms.

Shootings have increased drastically since the 2010s. Chicago has suffered from this violence, multiple shootings and gun fights have occurred, dozens of deaths and injuries, but how? The answer: ...

Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine is taking the lead among Illinois state’s attorneys in filing a brief in a federal court case challenging Illinois' assault weapons ban. On Monday, Haine ...

Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine is being joined by 35 elected State’s Attorneys from across Illinois to file an ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a federal appeals court that Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional.

The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a federal appeals court that Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional.