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Firearms dealers, state rifle association challenge new licensing law
Act requires Illinois gun dealers to obtain state license, comply with strict standards By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A group of firearms dealers along with the Illinois State Rifle Association filed a lawsuit this week seeking to overturn a new state law that imposes new, stringent requirements on firearms dealers in…
Read MoreFor Illinois rocket scientists, Apollo launched career dreams
By Ken DeCoster Rockford Register Star ROCKFORD — Fifty years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, some of the region’s rocket scientists are recalling how the historic mission inspired them to work in the space program — and predicting that the U.S. will resume crewed space missions to the moon and beyond. Retired engineer…
Read More50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing – Continued
This is a continuation of the Moon Landing story from the July 18, 2019 edition. 14. Computer programmers aren’t generally known for their sense of humor, but a piece of space history, discovered in 2016, suggests that maybe they should be. Former NASA intern Chris Garry uploaded the Apollo 11 flight source code to GitHub,…
Read MoreCulture clash at the Du Quoin State Fair
Disagreement over Pritzker’s decision to cancel Confederate Railroad performance By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – For nearly a century, the Du Quoin State Fair was known as a showcase for the rural, agrarian culture of southern Illinois, featuring livestock shows, carnival rides, harness racing, auto racing, monster truck shows, demolition derbies and,…
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