Government & Politics

Effingham County Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order Blocks Illinois Gun Ban

Fri Jan 20, 2023 05:47 pm Cardinal News

By Greg Bishop | The Center Square Enforcement of Illinois’ gun ban has been temporarily suspended for the 860-plus individuals who sued the state. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the gun and magazine ban into law […]

Illinois Senate Passes Ban on Assault Weapons, Assault Weapons Attachments; Limits Magazines

Mon Jan 9, 2023 10:22 pm Cardinal News

By Greg Bishop | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate late Monday passed a bill that seeks to ban the future sale of certain semi-automatic guns and magazines with various capacities […]

PETA Protest at Food Conglomerate Ajinomoto in Itasca

Mon Jan 9, 2023 04:32 pm Cardinal News

PETA supporters wearing latex mouse masks and brandishing signs proclaiming, “Starved, Killed, and Dissected,” on Monday have gathered outside the U.S. headquarters of Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto Co. Inc. to protest the company’s deadly testing on […]

President Joe Biden Signs Legislation Appropriating Nearly $5 Million to Lake County Infrastructure Projects

Mon Jan 9, 2023 12:59 pm Cardinal News

Lake County is slated to receive nearly $5 million in infrastructure funding as part of a new federal bill. In December, President Biden signed into law the omnibus bill that included federal funding for infrastructure […]

Tax Year 2022 Bill 1st Installment (Billed in 2023) Will Be Due April 3 Instead of the Expected March 1, 2023 Due Date

Wed Jan 4, 2023 10:14 pm Cardinal News

First installment Tax Year 2022 Cook County property tax bills will be mailed out in late February or early March 2023, but property owners will have an extra month to pay their first installment of […]

Emergency Motion Delays Jan. 1 Start of Cashless Bail in All 102 Illinois Counties

Sat Dec 31, 2022 08:19 pm Cardinal News

By Dan McCaleb | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The Illinois Supreme Court on New Year’s Eve delayed implementation of cashless bail across the state, which was set to go into effect Sunday, […]

End of Cash Bail Ruled Unconstitutional in 65 of 102 Illinois Counties

Thu Dec 29, 2022 05:55 pm Cardinal News

State Rep. Blaine Wilhour: SAFE-T Act Was about Infusing Our Criminal Justice System with Woke Ideology and Completely Upending Our Constitution Reaction continued Thursday after a Kankakee County judge ruled the provision that eliminates cash […]

A small fence separates densely populated Tijuana, Mexico, right, from the United States in the Border Patrol's San Diego Sector (SOURCE: US government photo in public domain)

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Puts Administrative Hold on End of Title 42 Expulsion

Tue Dec 20, 2022 05:35 am Cardinal News

Cameron Arcand | The Center Square Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday put a temporary administrative hold on the Biden’s administration’s plans to end Title 42 enforcement this week. Roberts gave the administration until 5 […]

FOX 32 Chicago: The Dangers of Encrypting Chicago Police Radio Transmissions

Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:59 pm Cardinal News

FOX 32 Chicago newsrooms monitor emergency scanner traffic to report everything from traffic congestion to developing threats to public safety, but FOX 32 Chicago and other news agencies believe that blocking monitoring will put citizens […]

Pritzker Signs Amendments to SAFE-T Act December 6; Lawsuit Fighting Implementation Begins December 20

Tue Dec 6, 2022 07:41 pm Cardinal News

By Greg Bishop | The Center Square Amendments to Illinois’ SAFE-T Act are now law. The controversial legislation passed the previous General Assembly in January 2021. It brought about sweeping changes to the state’s criminal […]

Eric Rinehart (Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office Files Detention Petitions Against All Alleged Murderers, Sex Offenders, and Felony Domestic Abusers Currently in Lake County Jail

Wed Nov 30, 2022 01:13 pm Cardinal News

More Petitions to Follow in Anticipation of SAFE-T Act Taking Effect (Lake County, IL) Today, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that, pursuant to the SAFE-T Act’s new detention system, it has filed detention petitions […]

Michael Madigan (SOURCE: Creative Commons Attribution license, reuse allowed by YouTube channel "illinoislawmakers)

Superseding Federal Indictment Against Former Illinois Speaker of the House Adds Charge for Alleged Corruption Scheme Related to AT&T Illinois

Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:00 am Cardinal News

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago has charged former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael J. Madigan with corruptly arranging for payments to be made to a political ally as part […]

Westminster Abbey in 2021 (PHOTO CREDIT: Grace Wurgler, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license/photo unmodified except with background for give horizontal dimension)

Queen Elizabeth II State Funeral Monday, September 19, 2022

Mon Sep 19, 2022 08:46 am Cardinal News

The Abbey that married her, the Abbey where she was crowned waits to receive this gentle Christian soul Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II with LIVE coverage from Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle of the Queen’s […]

McHenry County Department of Health: Illness Outbreak Investigation Linked to McHenry Establishment

Thu Sep 15, 2022 09:23 am Cardinal News

McHenry County Department of Health: Illness Outbreak Investigation Linked to McHenry Establishment The McHenry County Department of Health is reporting an outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness linked to D.C. Cobb’s, 1204 N. Green Street, McHenry. […]

If any race can be detected at all, the offenders in the frame at about 00:08 seconds (red arrows) appear to have light-skinned faces (SOURCE: Frame from "Lakeview Scream by "People Who Play By The Rules PAC)

Pritzker Criticizes TV Ad That Shows Mugging of “White” Woman in Chicago by “Black” Offenders; Calls Ad Racist

Tue Sep 13, 2022 01:23 pm Cardinal News

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is blasting a political ad that shows a real-life attack on a woman on Chicago’s North Side. YouTube Tips ⓘ A video from the People Who Play By The Rules PAC […]

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