The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to hear several high-profile Second Amendment cases, including challenges to state bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, alongside other ...

The county line is dead. Long live the county line. Progressives who fought for years to ban the ballot structure, which ...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency this week sent a draft rule to the Office of Management and Budget that would preempt an Illinois state law banning the collection of interchange fees on ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering a statewide bill to restrict student cellphone use in schools. The proposed bill would require a full ban in elementary and middle schools, with some flexibility for ...

The federal government is looking to stop a controversial Illinois law banning certain credit card fees, a move that appears to favor financial institutions that have fought the state law in court for ...

Gun safety advocates at a Moms Demand Actions rally in Richmond. (Photo by Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury) Just hours before a midnight deadline, Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Monday submitted a series ...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a series of gun-control bills Tuesday, toughening a proposed assault-firearms ban before sending it back to lawmakers, which drew immediate backlash from ...

Virginia defines assault weapons as semiautomatic center-fire rifles or pistols that are equipped with a magazine that holds more than 20 rounds or are designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Abigail Spanberger has proposed changes to Virginia’s controversial assault weapons bill rather than signing, vetoing or allowing it to become law unchanged. Spanberger submitted ...

The Department of Justice, in a social media post Friday, threatened to sue Virginia over a bill on Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk that would ban the sale and production of assault weapons. The bill — ...