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As political violence hits home, local lawmakers struggle with how to stay safe

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Illinois state Rep. Nicole La Ha introduced a bill to help state lawmakers keep their home addresses private in the face of rising threats.

The murders in Minnesota of former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and attempted murders of Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife this past weekend are the latest acts in a wave of political violence that has touched elected officials from the president on down to local politicians in both parties.

Rep. Bob Morgan introduced legislation to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in Illinois .

His work on that bill provoked “a significant number of direct death threats, both on social media, but also to my home’s.

Minnesota 's campaign finance regulator removed from its website information on street addresses for candidates.