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Prolific anti-COVID mitigation attorney Tom DeVore on Monday filed suit over Gov. JB Pritzker’s mandate requiring all students, faculty and staff at Illinois schools wear masks in the face of COVID’s more contagious Delta variant spreading across the state.

Hannah covers state government and politics for NPR Illinois and Illinois Public Radio. She previously covered the statehouse for The Daily Line and Law360, and also worked a temporary stint at the political blog Capitol Fax in 2018.

Hannah covers state government and politics for NPR Illinois and Illinois Public Radio. She previously covered the statehouse for The Daily Line and Law360, and also worked a temporary stint at the political blog Capitol Fax in 2018.

For the time being, a tiny school district in south central Illinois with a population of approximately 350 K-12 students has prevailed in its challenge to the goliath state.

Parents from 145 Illinois school districts filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against their respective districts, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, State Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala and Director of the Illinois Department

Governor JB Pritzker issued an order over this summer requiring masks in school for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.

The first hearing is set for Nov. 5 in Macoupin County.

Hannah covers state government and politics for NPR Illinois and Illinois Public Radio. She previously covered the statehouse for The Daily Line and Law360, and also worked a temporary stint at the political blog Capitol Fax in 2018.

Fifth District Appellate Court Justice Barry Vaughan formally announced his candidacy to retain his seat on the Court, vowing to "keep liberal Chicago politics out of our courtrooms."

When Pia Trew of Lower Burrell heard her college roommate’s pet goldfish was in peril, she took a road trip back home. “The goldfish was on its last leg, or fin, so I made a trip home to bring him spring water and that did the trick,” Trew said. “He