Lisa Madigan

Lisa Madigan

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  Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race

  Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family ... 

• High court weighs taking up new case on gun rights

  A day after the Senate voted to begin debate on new gun control measures, the Supreme Court is expected to consider a new appeal aimed at loosening ... 

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  Ill. gov. wants appeal of concealed carry ruling

  Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that he wants the Illinois attorney general to appeal a federal court ruling that the state's last-in-the-nation ... 

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  Ruling leaves Ill. grappling with concealed carry

  A federal appeals court on Friday narrowly rejected Illinois' request to reconsider a ruling that found the state's concealed carry weapons ban ... 

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  Officials talk guns, hold buybacks after shootings

  The national gun debate swelled Tuesday as Arizona and the country commemorated the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., two years ago that killed six ... 

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  High court fight looms over right to carry a gun

  The next big issue in the national debate over guns — whether people have a right to be armed in public — is moving closer to Supreme Court review. 

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  Chicago poised to fight over handguns _ again

  Facing a climbing homicide rate, Chicago is poised for another fight over handguns — just two years after the last one. When the U.S. Supreme Court ... 

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  Court ruling on Ill. gun ban sets stage for fight

  Backers of Illinois' ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court ...