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DeVore: Pritzker engaged in 'mental gymnastics' to justify appeal of Grischow TRO vs guv's school COVID orders
Attorney Tom DeVore urged a Springfield appeals court to reject Pritzker's attempt to block enforcement of a restraining order issued by a Springfield judge against his school COVID orders, noting 6 other judges already sided with Judge Grischow's reasoning -
Attorney General Raoul: Illinois Qualifies to Receive Maximum Amount of Funds From $26 Billion Opioid Settlements
Attorney General Raoul: Illinois Qualifies to Receive Maximum Amount of Funds From $26 Billion Opioid Settlements. -
Pritzker asks appeals court to slap mask mandates, other COVID restrictions, back onto schools
Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul asked a state appeals court to move quickly to block a Springfield judge's temporary restraining order that voided emergency rules two state agencies used to impose mask mandates and other COVID-related restrictions on schools and students statewide. -
State appeals mask TRO; Parents not happy; Other blue states are ending school mask mandates
Reaction to a judge's temporary restraining order on school mask mandates and how some school districts have interpreted the decision have been loud and severe, ranging from a spontaneous parent "honkening" protest in Edwardsville to Gov. JB Pritzker saying the ruling “cultivates chaos." -
How will local schools respond to TRO on state's school mask mandate?
Parents of Edwardsville public school students are awaiting explicit direction from District 7 in its response to Friday's suspension of a statewide school mask mandate and other COVID-related health rules. But for now, kids won't be learning virtually, and are expected in class on Monday. -
State Health Department could come for Fido and Felix under provisions of draconian legislation
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois could indefinitely quarantine anyone who refuses vaccination, examination, or observation, under a bill pending in the House. Cats and dogs would fare worse than people, as the bill would allow the public health department to kill any animal. -
Pritzker to ask Springfield judge to keep school COVID mandates in place, pending appeal of order blocking his rules
The Illinois Attorney General, representing Pritzker, said he expects the appeal to be decided within two weeks -
Springfield judge slaps hold on IL statewide school mask mandate; Pritzker's powers not 'endless,' judge says
The judge issued a temporary restraining order on Pritzker's authority to force school districts to require students to wear masks and to exclude children suspected of being exposed to COVID from school without due process -
Springfield judge to rule soon on request for order barring enforcement of school masks, student COVID 'exclusion'
Plaintiffs say Gov. JB Pritzker and 140 school districts overstepped the state's public health law in issuing statewide COVID mask, testing and student 'exclusion' mandates, unilaterally rewriting state quarantine rules in the process -
Lawmakers considering mandatory vaccine registry; Meier: ‘This is not what you do in a free society’
SPRINGFIELD – Registration of immunizations in Illinois would change from voluntary to mandatory under a bill Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Highwood) introduced last week. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation to Further Protect Reproductive Rights
Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation to Further Protect Reproductive Rights. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards as of November 23, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards as of November 23, 2021. -
Illinois only state east of Mississippi with statewide mask mandate
Gov. J.B. Pritzker teased Illinoisans in mid-October that he might lift the statewide mask mandate if new COVID-19 cases declined. But he recently pulled back on that hope, leaving Illinois as one of the few states with a statewide mask mandate. -
Massive parents' class action says Pritzker, schools overstepped authority by imposing mask, COVID quarantine rules
The lawsuit targets Gov. JB Pritzker, as well as nearly 150 school districts statewide, including at least 69 districts from throughout the Chicago area. -
Judge sides with parents in challenge to Carlyle school district mask mandate
Clinton County Circuit Judge Don Sheafor on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order against Carlyle School District 1 and superintendent Annie Gray over the district's student mask mandate. -
Teutopolis parents granted TRO in fight over school mask mandate
Fourth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Judge Douglas Jarman on Wednesday ruled against Teutopolis Unit 50 School District and its superintendent Matthew Sturgeon over the Effingham County school district's mask requirement. -
Illinois bill would give ISBE authority to revoke schools' state recognition
Gov. J.B Pritzker has warned district administrators since early August that ISBE would strip state recognition from Illinois schools defying his statewide mask mandate. House Bill 4135 aims to give the state board of education that power. -
Retired judge Herndon appointed to fee panel in Ohio opioid MDL
Retired federal judge David R. Herndon formerly with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has been appointed to serve on the fee panel in the opioid multidistrict litigation, overseeing the distribution of attorneys’ fees following a proposed $26 billion settlement. -
New lawsuit: Pritzker has no authority to impose statewide school mask mandate, trampling the will of local school boards
The lawsuit notes Illinois state lawmakers are considering whether to pass new legislation that would specifically give the governor such public health powers over school districts, signalling lawmakers don't back Pritzker's assertion he already has such powers. -
The ‘science’ behind mask mandates
Facial expressions are integral to human connection, particularly for young children, who are only learning how to signal fear, confusion, and happiness. Covering a child's face mutes these nonverbal forms of communication and can result in robotic and emotionless interactions, anxiety, and depression.