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What happens during the next covid variant wave (if any) or the next pandemic if a mask requirement is ultimately deemed a legally defined quarantine?

Regarding judges decision, Rich Miller asks A form of quarantine? What will happen next time? in Capitol Fax

The General Assembly hasn’t done much to hold up its end during the pandemic.

As one of the plaintiffs successful in overturning Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate, Republican Congressional candidate Malgorzata McGonigal hasn't been shy in expressing how she feels about an appellate court ruling rendering the practice unconstitutional.

This entire controversy over Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischows odd ruling earlier this month that statewide mask/vaccine/testing mandates at schools are a "type of quarantine" and therefore fall under the states quarantine laws (which include individual due process protections) couldve all been prevented with a simple bill last year.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to step in after his administration lost an attempt to keep statewide masking and other COVID-19 mitigation measures

The ruling upheld a lower court decision that voided mask rules for families who sued.

Attorney Tom DeVore, who represents the Illinois students and parents suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker over his COVID-19 mandates for schools, responded to the Fourth District Appellate Court ruling and provided clarity on the court’s statement that school districts have “independent authority.”

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that schools not part of lawsuits over the state's school mask mandate should continue to require masks, but as the controversy continues, more school districts are going mask optional.

Despite lawmakers soundly rejecting IDPHs bid to extend its COVID-19 rules for schools, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday his executive order on masks and other virus protocol still stand and