"If they’re not making any guns, what are they doing with the license?” said Josh Sugarmann, executive director at the Violence Policy Center.

Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we celebrate National Memoir Writing Month, with the SIU Press series, Illinois Lives: Memoirs from the Prairie State.

Juliana Stratton is one of the high profile Illinois democrats to make the leap from her current office to run for the Senator Dick Durbin's seat. She was the first to make her announcement that she would seek the Democratic nomination.Stratton visited southern Illinois as Lieutenant Governor for a round table on healthcare in rural Illinois. After that she went to an event hosted by the Jackson and Williamson County Democratic parties.Stratton talked with us at the end of her event talking about her campaign and why she's running.

Money was included in budget with condition that Pritzker must approve all expenditures

The state expects all 1.8 million Illinoisans who use the food assistance program to get full benefits by Nov. 20 after SNAP was delayed and reduced during the federal shutdown, which ended Wednesday night.

The U.S. House voted 222 to 209, mostly along party lines, to fund the government. President Trump signed the bill into law Wednesday night.

Democrats, including 9th Congressional District candidate Kat Abughazaleh, arraigned

The ideal of bipartisanship has dwindled in Congress and in Washington over several decades. The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin is holding an event to highlight the importance of that quality in helping government work well.