Gun Control

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen's 6th Ward alderwoman is the first Latina to serve in the legislative body.

Officials at the Illinois State Police said they are working to finalize rules for registering assault weapons and other items that are now tightly regulated under the state’s new assault weapons ban as a Jan. 1 compliance deadline approaches.

The high court is already set to consider several gun-related cases this term. The U.S. Supreme Court had also declined to issue an injunction on Illinois' ban back in May 2023.

The 2-1 ruling sets up a likely appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.

Hundreds of community members, students and alumni from Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience mourned the lives lost one year after a deadly shooting at the south St. Louis schools.

The restrictions only apply in unincorporated areas of St. Louis County. They had the backing of the police chief and the union representing police officers.

Illinois' veto session runs from Oct. 24 to 26 and Nov. 7 to 9 in Springfield. Lawmakers will have a full agenda, including a handful of vetoes from Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

The high court left the lower court decisions in place, effectively preventing the Missouri's law from going back into effect, at least for now.

The law enforcement agency agreed to further hearings at request of state rulemaking committee.

State Rep. Peter Merideth, a Democrat whose district includes Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, said legislation including red flag laws and raising the age to buy a gun to 21 would help prevent shootings like the one that occurred at the school nearly a year ago.