[ad_1] Four Republican candidates are vying for the opportunity to serve the Midland area in the newly drawn 35th State Senate District.  State Rep. Annette Glenn, of Midland; retired Dow Corning executive Chris Velasquez, of Midland; former State Rep. Tim Kelly, of Saginaw County; and retired Army Reserve colonel and medical doctor Martin Blank will

[ad_1] The Naperville City Council discussed an ordinance banning the sale of assault weapons in the city at its meeting this week, listening to input from the public. Should gun dealers be banned from selling high-powered weapons? The weapons are meant only for use by the military. End of discussion. Or is it? Does it

[ad_1] Littleton, Colorado. Newtown, Connecticut. Parkland, Florida. Uvalde, Texas. In eight mass school shootings since 1999, 111 children and young adults and 13 faculty and staff members have now been sacrificed on the profane altar of the gun industry’s profits. Fourteen children and three adults at our Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were among them.

[ad_1] During a House Judiciary Committee debate Wednesday on proposed gun control legislation, school shooting survivor David Hogg accosted Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and was then ushered out of the room. Later that night on Fox News, Biggs suggested that Hogg’s actions were serious enough for a Jan. 6-type committee to investigate and for him

[ad_1] Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was lying bloodied and pinned underneath his unconscious father when he was found. Just a toddler, Aiden was still in diapers, had somehow lost one shoe and was down to just one blood-soaked sock, with scrapes across his body. It was July Fourth, and Aiden was rescued from the site of

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Highland Park’s mayor is in Washington D.C. Wednesday morning for a hearing on mass shootings. Nancy Rotering spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee about access to military-style assault weapons and protecting communities. The July Fourth parade attack in Highland Park was the 309th mass shooting this year. Rotering was the driving

[ad_1] The message from Americans to Congress was clear: Do something. Anything. After the recent mass murder of elementary school children, teachers and grocery shoppers, the U.S. Senate did what’s expected of the people we elected to represent us. They compromised and passed bipartisan gun legislation that its lead Republican negotiator said “will not infringe on any law-abiding American’s

[ad_1] Emotions ran high on both sides of the gun control debate Tuesday night in Naperville as community members and city officials weighed in on a proposed ban on the commercial sale of some high-powered weapons. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, community and council members debated an ordinance prohibiting the sale of what Naperville officials

[ad_1] In late June, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker traveled to New Hampshire to be the keynote speaker at New Hampshire’s Democratic Party state convention. Officially, he was there to “help other Democratic governors get elected” and to lobby for Chicago as the site of the party’s 2024 presidential convention. Unofficially, there was buzz that

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Aloha State has some of the strongest gun control laws in the U.S., but a spate of mass shootings, from Buffalo, New York to Uvalde, Texas are pushing Democratic congressional candidates Jill Tokuda and Patrick Branco to stake out their positions on one of the nation’s most intractable political issues. The

[ad_1] Having been a Times-Herald subscriber for most of my adult life and having written more than a few Letters to the Editor, I’ve gotten to know, and come to like very much, Times-Herald Editor Jack F. K. Bungart. I knew Mr. Bungart was from the Chicago area — he’s a huge Cubs fan. Need

[ad_1] Campaign Action Last week, before Manchin stepped in, Republicans were still making noises about not allowing even that much to pass as long as Democrats were pursuing the larger reconciliation bill including climate change measures and tax reforms—the things Manchin had been saying he would support publicly and privately for months. They haven’t yet said

[ad_1] Editor’s note Talk of the County is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, please tell us. Call us at 312-222-4554 or email talkofthecounty@tribpub.com. Hurrah Hurrah President Biden, you took action on high gas prices and they are coming down. I’m paying a dollar less per

[ad_1] Following the horrific Independence Day mass shooting in Highland Park, Congress reacted with passage of the Active Shooter Alert Act. Like the Amber Alert system that immediately signals the public to be on the lookout for missing children through cellphones and other media, the new measure would notify the public about active shooters. It’s

[ad_1] Sooner or later you are going to have to admit it. There is nowhere in this nation that is safe from gun violence. Not the supermarket, not the local theatre or church, not the school, hotel or public park, not even the 4th of July parade. Nowhere. That’s freedom? When the next heavily armed

[ad_1] Naperville’s proposed ban on the sale of some high-powered weapons is drawing mixed reactions. City council members Tuesday will begin a discussion on an ordinance prohibiting the sale of what officials describe as assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. The proposed ban comes in response to the mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — House Democrats are pushing a federal ban on assault weapons but face resistance from their more moderate members, including at least one from Texas. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, plans to vote against the ban that the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up Wednesday, his press secretary Dana Youngentob said Friday.

[ad_1] Brandon Wolf is sick of people asking him what needs to change when it comes to gun control in America. “I’m sort of done with the ‘what would you like to see done?’ question,” he tells The Independent. “We already know what needs to be done. We get stuck in a loop of people

[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) –  Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) passed a Senate resolution Thursday honoring the seven people killed at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade.  During the city’s Fourth of July parade, Robert Crimo III allegedly climbed a rooftop and opened fire on a section of the parade to

[ad_1] UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect a comment from National Rifle Association spokesman Lars Dalseide. The Associated Press informed media outlets to avoid using the term “assault weapons” in a Wednesday tweet from its AP Stylebook account. “The preferred term for a rifle that fires one bullet each time the trigger is

[ad_1] Media coverage of the fallout from recent mass shootings suggests growing numbers of Americans are fed up with gun violence and ready to demand change. The shifting public sentiment could eventually reduce the numbers of people killed and wounded by gunfire every year in Chicago and south suburbs like Harvey, where shooters killed 30

[ad_1] California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that empowers gun violence victims to file civil suits against the companies that manufactured the firearms used in the crimes, as the state finds newer ways to end the sordid chapter of gun slaughters and mass killings. The move tightens gun laws in California, which

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former top federal prosecutor, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, boosting the agency as the country struggles with rising gun violence. Dettelbach was confirmed by a 48-46 vote that split mostly along party lines; Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rob

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed Steven M. Dettelbach to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, giving the agency responsible for marshaling the federal response to gun violence its first permanent leader in seven years. Mr. Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor from Ohio, was confirmed by a 48-to-46 vote.

[ad_1] Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the lead Republican negotiator of a gun safety bill that President Biden signed into law last month, is shutting the door on additional negotiations on other proposals to limit the availability of assault weapons or expand background checks.   Cornyn, who has taken some fire from the right because of

[ad_1] During a South Lawn celebration of bipartisan firearm policy legislation that President Joe Biden signed last month, a father stood up shouting and called out to the White House “do more” to curb gun crime to which Biden said, “Sit down! You’ll hear what I have to say.” Manual Oliver, a father whose 17-year-old

[ad_1] Minneapolis residents Jess and John Pentz — a couple who’ve been married for 17 years — were traveling through Hayward, Wisconsin, over the Fourth of July weekend when Jess realized she’d forgotten to bring her birth control pills. They pulled into the local Hayward Walgreens pharmacy, where Jess picked up a box of condoms from

[ad_1] Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she backs President Joe Biden’s call to renew a federal ban on assault weapons. Preckwinkle spoke to WTTW News following Biden’s White House celebration of the passage of a federal gun safety law that was attended by elected officials, gun control advocates, gun violence survivors and the

[ad_1] Joe Biden was heckled as he called for further action on gun safety laws, including a full ban on assault weapons. The President spoke to a crowd of hundreds of lawmakers, advocates, as well as relatives of gun violence victims at the White House. The President marked the passage and signing of the Bipartisan

[ad_1] Uvalde pediatrician Roy Guerrero, speaking at a bill signing ceremony at the White House on Monday for the first major gun safety legislation in three decades, said he still sees children daily with post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety that’s turned to depression. “I spend half my days convincing kids that no one is coming