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A Sangamon County judge’s ruling in a lawsuit over mask mandates in Illinois schools set off a weekend of scrambling and uncertainty as districts consulted lawyers, state education officials, and school board members in a flurry of online meetings.

An Illinois judge from downstate Sangamon County issued a temporary restraining order against schools enforcing the state's mask mandate.

Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow on Friday granted a request from attorney Tom DeVore to temporarily halt the governor’s executive orders on masking and quarantining for schools, finding that

An Illinois judge has ruled against the states school mandates, including masks, in response to lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and teachers from 150+ districts

Hundreds of students at Chicago Public Schools and at scores of districts across the state may be freed from wearing a mask in the classroom, with an Illinois judge ruling Friday that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mandate was authorized illegally.

Glenbard District 87 Superintendent David Larson is preparing the school community in the anticipation of plaintiffs winning a temporary retraining order to stop mask and vaccine mandates.

Fresh off a round of school closures driven by the omicron variant, Illinois school districts could soon be facing more upheaval as litigation challenging Gov. J.B. Pritkzer’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 protocol lands before a downstate judge.

Fresh off a round of school closures driven by the omicron variant, Illinois school districts could soon be facing more upheaval as litigation challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mask mandate and

A Sangamon County judge heard nearly two full days of arguments related to COVID mitigations in Illinois schools this week, but it could be more than a month before some

Chairman Kurt Prenzler says he favors the resolution, but pushed to postpone a vote, saying it was a matter better suited for the Madison County Board of Health. He and