Pritzker to order all flags back to full staff
Gov. J.B. Pritzker will direct all flags at public facilities back to full staff next month.
That will mark a full year of the flags being ordered half staff by the governor.
A display memorizing the lives lost to COVID-19 is open to the public at the Governor’s Executive Mansion in Springfield.
Coroner questions COVID-19 death count
A downstate coroner is questioning the state’s tally of more than 23,000 lives lost to COVID-19.
St. Louis Radio station KMOX reports Monroe County Coroner Bob Hill has reviewed cases in his county listed as COVID-19 deaths that died of other things such as stroke or drug overdose.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) For the second year in a row, Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day in Springfield has been canceled.
The Illinois State Rifle Association says the annual event will be postponed until April 2022. Executive Director Richard Pearson said the decision was from a combination of restrictions on crowd size, inability to obtain parade permits and restricted entry into the capitol building.
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SPRINGFIELD Four Illinois residents who have been waiting for months for their state-issued concealed carry licenses are suing officials with the Illinois State Police for allegedly depriving them of their right to bear arms and right to due process.
The lawsuit, filed Friday by the four individuals as well as the Illinois State Rifle Association and the gun-rights group Second Amendment Foundation, claims the state’s concealed carry law is unconstitutional.
Under Illinois law, the Illinois State Police must either approve or deny an application for a CCL card within either 90 days if the application includes fingerprints or within 120 days if the application does not include fingerprints.
The lawsuit, filed by the four individuals as well as the Illinois State Rifle Association and the gun-rights group Second Amendment Foundation, claims the state’s concealed carry law is unconstitutional.