The state of Illinois has lost a gun regulation appeal in a case filed by gun owners and advocates against a law seeking to control the sale of certain weapons. A county court first slapped a temporary restraining order against the law, which the state had appealed against and eventually lost.
Jennifer L. Barron of Naperville has been appointed as a circuit judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit in DuPage County, filling the vacancy created when Judge Linda E. Davenport was appointed to the 3rd District Appellate Court.
The DuPage County clerk will recount some of the ballots for close races in DuPage County Board District 2 and state House District 45, starting Tuesday.
The controversial SAFE-T Act was passed last year in the middle of the night, and signed by Governor JB Pritzker. “No one's opposed to some of these reforms, but the devil is in the details,” said Illinois Judge Liam Brennan.