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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.
Following months of sustained improvement in COVID hospitalizations and an increase in the supply and availability of vaccines, Gov. John Bel Edwards loosened some mitigation measures and lifted the statewide mask mandate.