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Orland Park shooting highlights role of concealed carry in self-defense (opens the original)
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(The Center Square) – The shooting of an alleged armed robber by an Illinois concealed-carry license holder at an Orland Park gas station highlights the potential role of lawfully armed citizens during violent encounters, according to John Boch of Guns Save Life. Boch said the surveillance video made the circumstances particularly clear to him. “The thug thought he was going to win the confrontation, and he thought wrong, because of course the victim, he had a gun too, and he got a vote in the m
AG candidates differ over Court's mail-in ballot ruling (opens the original)
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(The Center Square) â Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Bob Fioretti said the U.S. Postal Service should have authority to establish uniform requirements for handling mail-in ballots, while Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul has challenged the federal rule in court. The dispute follows a Sept. 14 U.S. Supreme Court decision leaving in place a lower-court injunction that prevents the Postal Service from enforcing the rule for the 2026 election. The court did not definitively r
Proposal would overhaul Illinois ethics oversight with independent commission (opens the original)
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(The Center Square) – A proposal to overhaul Illinois’ ethics oversight system would consolidate existing inspector general and ethics functions into a single independent commission with expanded investigative powers, including the authority to subpoena documents and compel testimony. The proposal comes as Illinois prepares for a new legislative inspector general following Michael McCuskey’s planned departure. McCuskey’s resignation, effective Sept. 30, has renewed scrutiny of the position and t
Illinois students being failed by low academic standards, lawmaker says (opens the original)
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(The Center Square) – State Rep. Regan Deering is calling for greater accountability in Illinois schools following concerns about academic performance at Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. While appearing on Newsmax, education whistleblower and author Geno Young said a tenured Hillcrest teacher told him the school was testing at about a fourth-grade level across academic subjects. Hillcrest has an about 81% graduation rate. Young later clarified that the fourth-grade reading-level clai
Rest stops under fire as Labor Day weekend nears (opens the original)
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(The Center Square) – Illinois motorists are paying more in gas taxes, tolls and other fees while encountering closed rest stops, prompting criticism from Americans for Prosperity-Illinois State Director Brian Costin. In a social media video, Ted Dabrowski said he found multiple closed rest areas while traveling to an event in Effingham and returning north. “We stop at this rest stop and guess what? No surprise, the building closed,” Dabrowski said. He said the I-57 Prairie View rest stop was op
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