By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] EAST ST. LOUIS – A firearms expert testified Wednesday that the weapons restricted under Illinois’ assault weapons ban include ...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – On Valentine’s Day in 2017, then-AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza got some good news: After years of trying to ...

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Around 4.6 million records associated with Illinoisans in over a dozen counties – including voting records, registrations and death ...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] EAST ST. LOUIS – An engineer who spent decades designing weapons for one of the world’s leading gun manufacturers testified ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in actor Jussie Smollett’s appeal to overturn his conviction on disorderly conduct charges for falsifying a hate crime. Smollett, who ...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – After years of pushing in Springfield, AT&T Illinois’ executive team was thrilled when the Illinois General Assembly in ...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the ...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – The day before Thanksgiving in 2016, then-AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza read some news that frustrated him.

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] EAST ST. LOUIS – The owner of a gun store testified Monday that Illinois’ ban on the sale of assault-style weapons and large ...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – On an afternoon in late April 2017, recently retired state Rep. Eddie Acevedo was called to a meeting in the state ...