A host of new laws in Illinois will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. From gun safety to rogue towers, protection from squatters, ...

(The Center Square) – Components of Illinois Safe Gun Storage Act go into effect Jan. 1.

Under the law, concealed carry permit holders are allowed to transport their weapons on trains and buses, but only if they are secured in a locked container and unloaded.

The elimination of Illinois' statewide grocery tax, gun storage laws aimed at preventing shootings and suicides, rules ...

Starting January 1, Illinois gun owners will face stricter requirements under the state’s new Safe Gun Storage Act, aimed at reducing accidental shootings and teen suicides.

FILE - Cook County, Ill., Sheriff Tom Dart speaks on Nov. 13, 2023, in Maywood, Ill. In Illinois, there are 110,000 people banned from owning guns because of legal run-ins or mental health issues. And ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A southern Illinois federal judge officially declined to issue an injunction to delay the Jan. 1 registration requirement under the state's assault weapons ban. U.S. District ...

SPRINGFIELD — Legal wrangling over Illinois’ sweeping gun ban is set to resume Monday in East St. Louis, where a federal judge will consider a challenge to the constitutionality of a law that is ...

It's now illegal to sell or manufacture assault weapons in Illinois after a ban went into effect Jan. 1. But the vast majority of permit-holding Illinois gun owners aren't complying with the new law.

November, records show, CPD officers in 2025 have recovered nearly 400 “ghost guns” — effectively untraceable weapons.