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Illinois weapons ban faces federal suit, mayor proposes CTA bus cams and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 18, 2023

Lawsuits challenge recent Illinois semiautomatic gun ban

Legal challenges to Illinois’ semiautomatic weapons ban have begun

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023

Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit over state’s gun ban

CHICAGO — Illinois’ flagship gun rights organization on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging the newly signed state law that prohibits high-powered guns and large-capacity ammunition magazines violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 18, 2023

Illinois could lose billions in motor fuel taxes as electric vehicle sales grow, report warns

Union-tied group pushes for a mileage tax to ensure state’s road-building coffers remain full if Illinois meets its goal of having 1 million EVs on the road by the end of the decade.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 17, 2023

ComEd seeks four-year, $1.47 billion rate increase to bolster the grid for EVs, electrification and climate change

ComEd filed for a four-year, $1.47 billion rate increase Tuesday with the Illinois Commerce Commission to bolster its grid for the demands of EVs, electrification and climate change.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 17, 2023

Police investigate Illinois Planned Parenthood fire as arson

Peoria police and fire officials are investigating a fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic as arson, police said Tuesday

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Peoria police investigate fire at Illinois Planned Parenthood as arson

The fire occurred two days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law reproductive health care legislation to protect out-of-state abortion seekers

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 17, 2023

Prosecutor: Paramedics killed man by strapping him facedown

Two Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher while taking him to a hospital last month

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Dry January, not Beerless January, at Go Brewing in Naperville

Go Brewing in Naperville, Illinois’ only no- and low-alcohol craft brewery, encourages customers to go boozeless.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 17, 2023

Illinois’ sweeping firearms ban certain to end up in court, and some experts doubt it will stand

CHICAGO — In his closing remarks before a vote on a sweeping firearms ban, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pushed back at critics who contended the prohibitions would violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 17, 2023