The high school seniors make up the first-ever class of Kankakee County CEO, a venture into entrepreneurship education. Three students from Kankakee High School, one from Trinity Christian Academy and
Springfield, Ill. (AP) The regulatory body at the center of a stir over a law allowing retired county and state correctional officers virtually unrestricted permission to carry concealed weapons is seeking legislation to cover its concerns after failing to garner guidance from the state's top lawyer. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board sought an opinion from the attorney general on its authority to expand permission for concealed carry to former sheriff's correctional officers and state prison guards as prescribed by a law that took effect Jan. 1. But Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office declined in part because it expects lawsuits over the board's unwillingness to administer the expanded program. "I want to make sure that people are safe," training board chairman Sean Smoot said. "I want to make sure correctional officers are safe, and their families are safe. I want to make sure the public is safe." Sen. Bill Cunningham
The regulatory body at the center of a stir over a law allowing retired county and state correctional officers virtually unrestricted permission to carry concealed weapons is seeking legislation to cover its concerns after failing to garner guidance from the state s top lawyer.
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