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Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow scheduled a hearing for Feb. 25 on numerous motions to join lawsuits challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandates and other COVID-19 mitigation measures.

The Joint Committee of Administrative Rules (JCAR) voted today to stop Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to reissue emergency rules that would have required school districts to enforce masking for K-12 public and private schools.

Edwardsville CUSD 7 superintendent Patrick Shelton told parents and staff that beginning Wednesday masks are "recommended" in schools, but the district cannot require they be worn without a court order or an order from the local health department.

The Illinois school mask war is ongoing, with "strong feelings on both sides," one official said.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will lift his indoor mask mandate for most public places on Feb. 28 if the state’s largest COVID-19 surge continues to subside. But he is not dropping masking rules for schools.

The aftershocks of an Illinois judge’s decision upending Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 school mask mandate rumbled across Chicago and the suburbs for a second day, igniting parent protests and heightening fears about the safety of students and teachers.

The aftershocks of an Illinois judge’s decision upending Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 school mask mandate were rumbling across Chicago and the suburbs Tuesday, igniting parent protests, heightening fears about the

Glenbard West High School Principal Peter Monaghan was caught on camera maskless, in a throng of maskless fans over the weekend at the Wintrust Arena. But he is still taking a hard line on masks with students, even after a downstate judge declared the state's mask mandate "null and void."

District 181 parents are reporting school administration is defying a judge’s order overturning the mask mandate for plaintiff students in schools.

Hinsdale Central High School is isolating a growing number of students who refuse to wear masks into the school auditorium.