CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has been tracking delays of firearm credentials--for more than a year now. Now, the state of Illinois has a plan to fix the problem. The director of Illinois State ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Following the Aurora mass shooting, Illinois State Police announced changes to the FOID card revocation process. When Gary Martin shot five of his co-workers and five Aurora police ...

CHICAGO -- The heartache at Henry Pratt Company that ended with six people dead and five police officers wounded-started in 2014, although nobody knew it. 2014 is when the shooter Gary Montez Martin ...

(The Center Square) – Illinoisans who are either denied a Firearm Owners ID Card or had their FOID card revoked could have a process to get their rights back with a measure that cleared the General ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 1899, a measure that allows first-time, nonviolent offenders charged with low-level gun possession to apply for a FOID card while in a court-approved diversion program. Cook ...

Illinois State Police did not comply with the requirements of the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act, according to an Illinois Auditor General report for the two years ending June 30, 2024.

After Firearms Owners Identification card and concealed carry license applications backed up over the last year, lawmakers are making an effort to address the delay and make the renewal process more ...

Springfield – If you are looking to get your foid card here in Illinois, you will be waiting quite a while. The Illinois State Police say they received more than 28 thousands applications for firearms ...

Greg Bishop goes through recent Illinois Auditor General reports about the Illinois State Police's handling of the Firearm Owner's ID Card Act and the Concealed Carry Act. Read those audits here: Comp ...

When we told readers last week that we supported both the release the names of Illinois Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cardholders and a strictly drawn concealed-carry gun law for Illinois, we ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — People charged with their first weapon-related offense could soon have the ability to apply for a FOID card while they participate in a pretrial detention program. Current ...