Appeals court keeps Illinois’ assault weapons ban in place
Dec 9, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutional.
Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a …
Oct 29, 2024 · Read more: 4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, former Speaker Madigan goes to trial O’Neill, who spent nearly two decades at ComEd and its parent company Exelon, described the days and weeks leading up to the critical vote as a …
Pritzker’s budget office projects $3.2B deficit in early look at ...
Nov 4, 2024 · The Illinois Economic and Fiscal Policy Report published each November is often seen as a table-setter for the budgeting negotiations that will ramp up in earnest when lawmakers return to the Capitol for the legislative year that begins each January.. GOMB projects that revenues will remain flat at roughly $53.4 billion for the …
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Pritzker endorses hemp regulation bill | Capitol News Illinois
Dec 13, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter regulation. At a news conference in Chicago, Pritzker said in the short time since both the ...
Judge won’t acquit former AT&T Illinois boss in Madigan bribery …
Dec 12, 2024 · Read more: Judge weighs whether to acquit ex-AT&T boss after hung jury in corruption case | Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in case of ex-AT&T boss accused of bribing Madigan La Schiazza is accused of bribing Madigan with a nine-month, $22,500 contract in 2017 for his ally, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo.
ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 …
Oct 24, 2024 · A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption.
Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban, setting up ...
Nov 8, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14 th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued an order barring the state from enforcing it.. That order, however, was stayed for 30 days, giving the state time to file an appeal before it takes effect.
Electors cast official votes for president | Capitol News Illinois
Dec 17, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois officially awarded its 19 electoral votes Tuesday to Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the unsuccessful Democratic candidates to be the next president and vice president of the United States. During a ceremony at the Statehouse that lasted only about ...
Capitol News Illinois sues Sangamon County for records of sheriff’s ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Capitol News Illinois is suing Sangamon County and Sangamon County Central Dispatch system after a denial of a Freedom of Information Act request related to a multi-county chase that resulted in the death of a Kansas man last month.