In their lawsuits, the NRA and Illinois Gun Rights Alliance both argue Gov. JB Pritzker and his Democratic allies in the General Assembly simply chose to ignore the Supreme Court’s rulings when enacting the Illinois law.

Although the NRA is not listed as a plaintiff, it joined the National Sports Shooting Foundation to bring forth the suit, similar to what it did in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which was ultimately taken up to the U.S. Supreme Court. In that case, the court struck down New York’s concealed carry gun law with a 6-3 majority, ruling the law prevented law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.

The large response comes after DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said he would not enforce the ban. He is one of more than 80 of the 102 sheriffs in the state who said they are not enforcing the new law.

Democrats finally have a strategy to stop billionaires from fleeing high tax states: Block the escape routes. That’s the logic behind coordinated moves in progressive states to tax wealth. The reforms aren’t likely to pass immediately, but they illustrate the increasingly open socialist goals of progressives and their public-union backers. The Illinois plan would treat billionaires’ unrealized capital gains as income, taxed at 4.95%. The targets would

Illinois lawmakers have called on IDES to publish a state audit detailing how much fraudsters stole in unemployment benefits during the pandemic, but that report has never surfaced.

Gov. JB Pritzker downplayed the temporary restraining order and legal filings. He said the lawsuits don’t represent the state. “These are folks who were in the super minority among the public, super minority in terms of elected officials, people who lost elections.”

The biggest barrier to affordable college in Illinois is pensions. Rising pension costs push up Illinois tuition, forcing students to pay the difference.

Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill Monday that would eliminate the rest of the pandemic unemployment debt by using the state’s surplus in revenue to pay it off. Businesses will pay back the state by putting money into the Rainy Day Fund.

In the latest hit to the agency, a class action lawsuit alleges the department has “willfully and wrongly” left dozens of children in its care in juvenile jails for months at a time. “We’ve been pressing the governor for over a year now about all the chaos at DCFS and he simply chooses not to respond,” state Rep. Dan Ugaste said.

Jim Dey: “(State Sen. Robert) Martwick said he favors progressive rates because they would pave the way to property-tax cuts. Legislators have for years promised property-tax reductions in exchange for increases in the state’s flat rate. Illinois’ first flat income-tax rate in 1969 was 2.5 percent. It currently stands at 4.95 percent. Meanwhile, property taxes levied by local units of government have steadily increased and are among the highest in the nation.”

The Temp Worker and Fairness Safety Act would make it easier for workers to sue temp agencies, unionize and strike. It would also make it harder for temp agencies to use noncompete clauses and other tactics to discourage workers from moving to permanent employment with a client.

Caulkins said Monday evening that more than 250 gun owners and about a half-dozen gun dealers have agreed to sign onto his litigation in Macon County Circuit Court. Caulkins said he and some others also plan to file a federal lawsuit in the coming days.

Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health: “It is time to remind ourselves that in 2023, we have effective tools we didn’t have in 2020. And we have something even more powerful: knowledge and experience.”

“Last week, PlayIllinois estimated that legalizing online casinos in Illinois could net the state an additional $105.6 million in tax revenue annually…Yes, $105 million in additional tax revenue would be a drop in the bucket for an Illinois state pension debt that was nearly $140 billion as of December 2022…Yet, something has to be done to tackle this massive pension problem.”