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Credit: scdd.ca.govAssemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has introduced and passed AB-241, which writes a “Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights” into law. This is Ammiano's second try at such a bill, ...

When Illinois became the last state in the country to adopt concealed carry, many on both sides were left unsatisfied. Chicago grandfathered in its assault weapons ban. Other towns of at least 25,000 ...

anthonyturducken / FlickrLast week, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a magistrate judge's 2010 ruling that made cell phone data constitutionally protected from government intrusion ...

Henryk Sadura / shutterstock.comAlthough there is still more than a year before Illinoisans begin casting ballots for governor, US Senate, and other offices, Illinois Libertarian Party Candidate Lupe ...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has exercised his pen-wielding hand to officially sign the state’s medical marijuana pilot program into law, which supporters are claiming is the strictest of its kind ...

Henryk Sadura / shutterstock.comNearly a month after the Illinois General Assembly overrode Governor Pat Quinn's veto of the state's long-awaited concealed carry law, one lawmaker is attempting to ad ...

(Credit: WSIL)Choosing to leave his seat in the Illinois General Assembly, State Representative Mike Bost is hoping to capture Illinois' 12th congressional district in Washington. He is challenging i ...

  (Credit: Durbin.senate.gov)Following the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial, Illinois US Senator Dick Durbin is seeking to re-examine the Stand Your Ground laws that were associated w ...

What Are You Paying For With Your Tax Dollars?In early July, it was reported that the Pentagon had spent $34-million on an unused military base in Afghanistan.  It was originally supposed to be u ...

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