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Wednesday, January 09, 2013  A new list of to-do's for the Illinois legislature ... voting on pension reform, an assault-weapons ban and gay-marriage legislation. But they can now cross off the issue of illegal immigrants obtaining a driver's license.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Illinois gun owners will keep a close watch on the state legislature the next 6 months.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  Should the state of Illinois ban assault weapons? That's the plan Gov. Pat Quinn proposed Tuesday. The Chicago Democrat used his amendatory veto power to call for changes in a bill related to in-state ammunition sales.