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• Judge: Federal law does not entitle retired corrections officers to obtain concealed carry permits

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 @ 5:20pm

  Correctional officers in Illinois are not entitled to permits to carry concealed firearms under federal law, a Chicago federal judge has ruled, saying the federal law does not compel the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, or any other county or state correctional agency, to classify the corrections officers as law enforcement officers.

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  Ex-Argonne worker's lawsuit dismissed vs lab, DuPage Co for false arrest, wrongful firing

  By Scott Holland | Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016 @ 5:55pm

  A former Argonne National Laboratory employee has struck out in his attempt to sue the lab and some DuPage County Sheriff's deputies for allegedly wrongly accusing him of theft, and then firing him.

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