SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — Illinois State Police have filed emergency rules to address renewals of Firearm Owner Identification and Concealed Carry Licenses during the COVID-19 epidemic. ISP says the ...

Dec. 31—Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, upon a Firearms Transaction Inquiry Program (FTIP) approval, the Illinois State Police (ISP) will automatically renew a person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card ...

Illinois struggles to keep up with FOID card and concealed carry waitlists. State representative Tony McCombie says there were over 350,000 new FOID card applicants last year, not including those ...

SPRINGFIELD—After implementation of a streamlined process for FOID renewals and the hiring of additional Firearms Eligibility Analyst Trainees, the Illinois State Police (ISP) would like to announce ...

Right now, a FOID cardholder can apply for renewal within 90 days of the card’s expiration date. Windhorst said, due to long delays, this often creates a window between when a FOID card expires and ...

At age 78, Phyllis Wells may not be as computer savvy as those from younger generations, but she’s hardly a dummy. I got the sense, in fact, she’s one sharp lady just in chatting with her about her ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are new complaints about Illinois' firearm ID, or FOID, cards, this time from a woman in Calumet City who said after waiting nearly a year for her credentials, only to get a ...

The application and renewal process involves extensive criminal background checks that are paid for with the fees paid by applicants. But that fee fund was often “swept” during the state’s ...

The delays and frustration continue for Illinois residents looking to apply or renew their firearms permits. Joann Williams of Chicago told NBC 5 her ten year Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card ...

The persistent delays in issuing Firearm Owner’s Identification cards in Illinois that has doubled in the last year-and-a-half continues after a federal judge shot down a motion this week seeking to ...

The Illinois house on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement’s ability to retrieve guns from those with suspended or revoked FOID cards ...