Wednesday was the first lobby day after Illinois became the last state to pass a concealed carry law last summer. Gun owners and activists rallied at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center before ...

State Reps. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, and Pat Verschoore, D-Milan, have co-sponsored a bill that could see Illinois join every other state in the nation by allowing the concealed carry of firearms.

Springfield – A State Senate proposal to allow carrying of concealed weapons would let big cities add to the list of places considered off-limits to guns. The local control would be limited to cities ...